Imprint varies: 1853-1860, New Orleans and Washington, D.C.; 1861-1862, New Orleans and Charleston, S.C.; 1864, Columbia, S.C.; 1866-1880, New Orleans.

Title from caption.

Editors: 1853-1867, J.D.B. De Bow.--Apr. 1867-Feb. 1868, R.G. Barnwell, E.Q. Bell.--Mar. 1868-Dec. 1879, W.M. Burwell.

Microfilm edition: Primarily caption titles with volume title pages and occasional scattered covers. Pagination irregular. Some advertisement pages missing. Issues for Nov. 1870-Sept. 1879, June 1880 lacking. Volume numbering for vols. 10-34 is irregular. For the convenience of the reader the Old Series numbering was used. Includes indexes to second series of ten volumes, July 1851 to June 1856. Preceding vol. 20 is index to vols. 11-20. Vols. 29, 31-34 lack indexes. Refer to table of contents at the beginning of each issue. After the War, series vols. 5-8 and the June 1880 issue lack indexes. Refer to cumulative index on reel 855.

Beginning with v. 7 (July-Dec. 1849) new series are started at frequent intervals and numbering on the title-pages and captions is more or less irregular.

Microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms. 10 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. (American periodical series, 1800-1850 ; 855-862)