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Grand Bassa

Local newspaper

One of the regional papers published from 1847 to 1907 was the People of Grand Bassa, 1867-1869.

A pension of $150 was granted in 1938 to Colonel Edward W. Leonards of Grand Bassa County, who served for 48 years in the military, including command of the Sinoe and Grand Bassa regiments in the Nana Kru Expedition of 1903.

Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1864, pp. 26-27; Willis-Thomas, 1985, pp. 6-7; Rogers, 1988, pp. 155, 203; Rogers, 1988, pp. 157, 212 n. 43; 222-235; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, Acts 1938, pp. 57-58.