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Category Archives: 150 Years Ago
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President Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated for his second term on March 4, 1873. From the March 22, 1873 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE SECOND INAUGURATION. THE second inauguration of ULYSSES S. GRANT as President of the United States was … Continue reading
“guiding star”
From the March 1, 1873 issue of Harper’s Weekly: WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE. [see Illustration on First Page.] O Noble heart! that ne’er from duty swerved, Nor thought of self through all the weary hours! O noble life! that did … Continue reading
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
Posted in 150 Years Ago
Tagged Matrimonial News, singles ads, Valentine's Day, William Congreve
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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
preacher woman
From the March 2, 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly: A WOMAN IN THE PULPIT. THE good Presbytery of Brooklyn have been greatly scandalized of late by the appearance of Miss SARAH F. SMILEY, a Quakeress preacher, in the pulpit of … Continue reading
street murder
150 years ago last month a white man shot and killed a black man in public on Election Day in Philadelphia. In it’s October 28th Harper’s Weekly summarized the murder. In an editorial a week later the paper seemed to … Continue reading
sound retreat
From the March 18, 1871 issue of Harper’s Weekly: THE SOLDIERS’ HOME. ON one of the most beautiful sites in the neighborhood of Washington stands an edifice of singular attractiveness, known as “The Soldiers’ Home,” of which we give a … Continue reading
up in the air
A duck, a sheep, and a rooster take off in a hot air balloon. … Already heard this one? … No? Well, actually, according to the Château de Versailles, this isn’t a joke. In 1782 the Montgolfier brothers, Joseph and … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago, Technology
Tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Balloons, Battle of Fleurus (1794), Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin O'Neale Stratford (Sixth Earl of Aldborough), Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Francesco Lana de Terzi, Franco-Prussian War, François Laurent d'Arlandes, George Washington Parke Custis, Jacques Alexandre César Charles, Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier, Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier, John LaMountain, Joseph-Michel Montgolfier, Léon Gambetta, mitrailleuse, Nicolas-Louis Robert, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, Union Army Balloon Corps
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