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rebirth again
________________________________________________________ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote a poem that seems pertinent. MIDNIGHT MASS FOR THE DYING YEAR Yes, the Year is growing old, And his eye is pale and bleared! Death, with frosty hand and cold, Plucks the old man by … Continue reading
The death of Gerrit Smith
The well-known abolitionist Gerrit Smith died on December 28, 1874. Harper’s Weekly published a eulogy and brief biography in its January 16, 1875 issue: GERRIT SMITH. THE active antislavery movement in this country began forty years ago, and it is … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, 150 Years Ago This Week
Tagged abolition, abolitionists, American Bible Society, American Peace Society, Azel Backus, Dahomey, Gerrit Smith, Hamilton College, John Cochrane (politician), John Jacob Astor, Peterborough (New York), Sunday School Union, William Lloyd Garrison
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comin’ to town?
It wasn’t exactly a diptych. The plates were separated by a couple pages of text. But in its December 26, 1874 issue Harper’s Weekly did publish two full-page images on a related theme: would Santa Claus, née Saint Nicholas, arrive … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, American Culture
Tagged Christmas, Santa Claus, St. Nicholas
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let the good time roll
Are you ready for some jollification? President Ulysses S. Grant’s sixth Thanksgiving Day proclamation (from Pilgrim Hall Museum): THANKSGIVING DAY 1874 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA – A PROCLAMATION We are reminded by the changing seasons … Continue reading
blue, gray, khaki
After the United States entered World War I in 1917, Camp Hancock was built near Augusta, Georgia as a training site for U.S. troops. Camp Hancock was named after Civil War general and native Pennsylvanian Winfield Scott Hancock. According to … Continue reading
technoween
According to the Library of Congress, the above picture was created/published in 1909 or 1910. Since the Wright brothers’ first 59 second flight at Kitty Hawk occurred in December 1903, I’d call that witch an early adopter, at least by … Continue reading
Dedicated
After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated his body was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. 150 years ago today a large monument at the Lincoln grave site was dedicated. In its October 24, 1874 issue Harper’s Weekly described the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Postbellum Society
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Ambrose Everett Burnside, Burial of Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, Larkin Goldsmith Mead Jr., Lincoln tomb, Oak Ridge Cemetery (Springfield IL), Springfield Illinois, Thomas Nast, Ulysses S. Grant
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Fall River Fire
On September 19, 1874 a very destructive fire at a mill in Fall River, Massachusetts killed or injured many of the employees. In its October 10, 1874 issue Harper’s Weekly analyzed the fire and highlighted the heroism of a young … Continue reading
Battle in New Orleans
According to Eric Foner in Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, every election in Louisiana “between 1868 and 1876 was marked by rampant violence and pervasive fraud.” The results of the 1872 Louisiana gubernatorial election were highly disputed. Both carpetbagger Republican … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, The Grant Administration
Tagged Algernon Sidney Badger, Battle of Liberty Place (Battle of Canal Street), Davidson Bradfute Penn, James Longstreet, John McEnery, Louisiana, New Orleans, Ulysses S. Grant, White League, William Hemsley Emory, William Pitt Kellogg
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