Lincoln Abolitionist Parable in Continental Monthly
A pastiche woodcut parable lampoons conservative resistance to abolition. A Chicago jurist writes a title poem mocking ladder imagery, burglars, and legal scruples, culminating in a cleareyed rebuke of slow reform and threats to punish thieves and traitors as the country debates abolition.
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Trow
Lincoln
Continental Monthly
Samuel B. Gookins
Chicago
Moore
Holy Alliance
Echo
Aleck’s tale of a flirtatious kiss and a strange “gensashun”
The narrative recalls a racy episode where Aleck describes a first kiss and a curious sensation, followed by a distant note on Dunker leaders in Pennsylvania upholding government laws and wartime taxation. The fragment also mentions a post or newspaper rate card from 1863.
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Taz “Dunkers
Pennsylvania
Journey to Colorado and distant prairie travel
A letter from May 27 1863 describes a northern plains journey from Missouri to Denver via Fort Kearney. It notes Kansas lands, irrigation schemes, cattle drives, and the growing prospect of settled farming across the Platte valley. The writer compares prairie life to home and reflects on the improving country and peaceful pursuit of homesteads.
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Colorado
Denver
Col
Ter
Joan N. Minurn
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Leavenworth
U. S
Dearborn County
Lawrence
Missouri River
Atchison
Table Land
Parairie
Ft. Kearney
Platte River
The
Platte
Rocky Mountains
Prodigy Anna Dickinson Echoes of Liberty Speech
The piece compiles Anna Dickinson's Philadelphia lecture on Providence teaching the nation. It extols sacrifice in pursuit of liberty, cites Civil War era figures, and urges Northern resolve. It blends reverent tributes with calls to endure and advance the cause.
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Anna Dickinson
East
Philadelphia Inquirer
America
Seaford
Porter Question At Irish Station Confuses Porter
An old lady asks about the nine o'clock train at an Irish railway station. A misheard reply, sixty minutes past eight, adds confusion as Mike and others respond with unclear timing.
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Mike Tr
Juggler Breslau Cheats Parish Fund Ruse
Brestav the juggler, performing in Canter bury with his troupe, promised to give a night’s profits to the poor if the parish paid for a room. The wardens consented, the benefit was successful, but Breslau admitted the money went to his own people, declaring himself a trickster who lives by tricks.
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Tut
Cincinnati
Milliken’s Bend
Darkey
Leib
Jim
Royal Pavillion
Brighton
England
Christy Troupe
Brigit Hsq
Brestav
Canterbury
Breslau
President’s pass remark on Richmond trips noted
A gentleman asked the President for a travel pass to Richmond. The President replied that although he would help, passes have been issued to about 250000 men in two years and none have reached Richmond. The man withdrew quietly.
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Montgomery
Vicksburg Whig
Holly Springs
Miss
Baker
Ball’s
South Carolina
Mitchell
Antietam
Berry
Chancellorville
Uxcire
Richmond
Draft Law Breach Threatens Enrolling Commissioner
Washington authorities warn that revealing names of individuals subject to the draft violates the Conscript law and exposes violators to two years imprisonment and a five hundred dollar fine. Officials pledge rigid enforcement to prevent any act delaying or obstructing enrollment.
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Revosiva
Washington
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United States
Yours Respectfully
Geo. W. Lane
Philadelphia Press
177Th Pennsylvania Regiment
Muscolia
Virginia
North Carolina
Suffolk
C.U. S
Nashville
Redeemer
Lyon
Winthrop
Ellsworth
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
Abbot Lawrence
John Jacob Astor
Germany
Stephen Girard
Delaware
William Pitt
William Wilberforce
Monsieur H
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