Correspondence

A contemporary, speaking of the correspondence published by the papers of Iowa, from our brave boys in the various regiments that have gone from this State, says that he intends to cut out and preserve in a scrap book every letter, in attestation of the bravery of the Hawkeye troops and their service in defense of the Government. The idea is a good one, as the record will be a glorious one for our State. In this connection we may state, that the GAZETTE has published more letters from our boys engaged in putting down the rebellion than any two papers in the State. And almost every instance have these letters been unsolicited being the voluntary offerings of men accustomed to write, who have selected the GAZETTE as the most extended medium for their circulation. At least this is the reason they have given for choosing this paper for their publication. Coupled with this fact is another which demonstrates its truth. At least three-fourths of the letters we have published have been written by citizens of other counties, in all of which papers are published. As other papers in our State are continually prating of their circulation and influence, we give these facts simple to show the GAZETTE’S standing, which, without boasting, we are willing to compare with any paper in the State of Iowa.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 26, 1862, p. 1