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love wanted
From the February 1, 1873 issue of Harper’s Weekly: MATCH-MAKING BY ADVERTISEMENT. THERE is a paper in England devoted to the business of match-making by advertisement. It is called the Matrimonial News. In every number the reader may review some … Continue reading
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Tagged Matrimonial News, singles ads, Valentine's Day, William Congreve
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peaceful transfer
The South had its Fire-Eaters, the North had John A. Dix. While briefly serving as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury for a time before Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration, John Dix sent a telegram to Treasury agents in New Orleans ordering them … Continue reading
pleasant surprise
Sir Isaac Newton isn’t usually the first thing that comes to my mind when I think about Christmas. From The Daily Phoenix, Columbia, South Carolina, December 25, 1872: Christmas. The learned have long been divided in opinion as to the … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, American Culture, American Society, Postbellum Society, The Election of 1872
Tagged Alexander Hamilton Stephens, Christmas, Columbia South Carolina, Henry Wager Halleck, Mixed Commission on British and American Claims, Sir Isaac Newton, Wade Hampton III, William Tecumseh Sherman, XV Corps (Union Army)
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more or less traditionary
It was becoming a tradition. 150 years ago, for the tenth year in a row, the United States president proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving for a Thursday at the end of November. THANKSGIVING DAY 1872 BY THE PRESIDENT OF … Continue reading
game day
Lately I’ve been in the habit of visiting the Pilgrim Hall Museum as November makes its annual return. This year I checked out Thanksgiving Touchdown, an article that describes the connection between American football and Thanksgiving and even touches on … Continue reading
General Meade, R.I.P.
The day after his Commander in Chief was re-elected United States President, General George Meade died at his Philadelphia home. From The Chicago Daily Tribune November 8, 1872: IN MEMORIAM. Honors to the Late General Meade. Washington, Nov. 7.—General Sherman … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, Veterans
Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, George Gordon Meade, Old Baldy
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irrepressible
On October 10, 1872 former U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward died at his home in Auburn, New York. People in the Midwest could read all about it the next day. From the October 11, 1872 issue of The … Continue reading
three parties … two candidates
1872 was another presidential election year in the United States. Would the Republican incumbent, General Ulysses S. Grant be reelected? President Grant was popular, even though his Administration was involved in several scandals. One possible impediment to Grant’s reelection was … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, The Election of 1872
Tagged Benjamin Gratz Brown, Charles Francis Adams Sr, Great Exhibition (Crystal Palace Exhibition), Horace Greeley, Liberal Republican Party (United States), Lyman Trumbull, New Departure strategy, Salmon P. Chase, Swing Around the Circle
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hot time
150 years ago this summer New York City suffered some very hot weather. From the July 27, 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE HEATED TERM. THE heated term which ended on the 6th inst, was not only the most protracted, … Continue reading
dedicated
The Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. was dedicated on Memorial Day a century ago (five score years). From the May 31, 1922 issue of The New York Times: WASHINGTON, May 30. – The Lincoln Memorial magnificent and compelling in its … Continue reading
Posted in 100 Years Ago, American History, Monuments and Statues
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Crispus Attucks, Declaration of Independence, Edwin Markham, Lewis S. Pilcher, Lincoln Memorial, Robert Russa Moton, Robert Todd Lincoln, Warren Gamaliel Harding, Washington Monument, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson
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