War clouds over Europe in Bristol Vicenie 1866
The Bristol Victoria notes unfolding European tensions among Austria Prussia and Italy with England Russia and France aloof. It warns of heavy taxation and debt in Austria and portrays Italy's push for Venetia and liberation as a spark for conflict while urging restrained action and moral resolve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austria
Prussia
Italy
England
Russia
France
Venetia
Stussians
London Trax
Elbe Duchier
No clear event found in fragmented political statement
Fragmentary lines discuss statesmen, policy, and governance with emphasis on right action and power in doing so. Lacks identifiable people, places, organizations, dates, or concrete outcomes.
Female attire agitation and mob law in New York
In New York June 31 1866 letter discusses vertaion of women wearing male attire causing arrests for masquerading and potential civil suits for false imprisonment. Also notes Vineland New Jersey settlement growth and local civic improvements amid varied 1862 colonization details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eprom
Boothlacka
Gotham
Empore
Rem
State of Rhode Island officers seek disability estimates
The Adjutant General’s Office in Providence on June 11 1566 forwards a memorandum from May 19 1866 to Gov. Burnside asking the Rhode Island managers of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers to provide a reliable estimate of the number of state veterans eligible under the Act of Congress. It lists incurring causes and urges accurate data by June 20 to guide the Board of Managers funding, with further instructions for processing admissions and forwarding data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Act of Congress
Src Q
National Banking Association
United States
Tholdera
Bankin
Ja'ay & Biknell’s
Vhiladelphia
Providence
Adjutant General's Office
Gov
Burnside
Wasnixdton
John
Ambrose Ef, Burnside
Rhode Island
National Asylum For
Congress
Board of Managers
National Asylum
Board of Mapacers
Edward C.mauran
Adjt
Santa Anna in US address backs republic aim
The Mexican general Santa Anna, visiting the United States, defends his stance on Mexico’s politics, denies collusion with Maximilian, urges Mexicans to unite to oust usurpers, and says monarchy is impossible while restoring the republic is his goal. Also notes on weddings and various distant items and ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Anna
Mexico
Creneral Santa Anna
United States
Maximilian
Mexican Republic
Bristol News Briefs on Coal, Trades and Local Incidents
Report of Barney McCabe injured when an axle broke on a stone cart near Church and Thames streets. Coal yard owner Col Bennett plans steady supplies amid rising Demand for Lackawanna coal. tonnage figures show sharp growth on the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Horace Greeley's Our The Conflict volume advertised for Bristol subscribers. I S Davis barber shop on Hope street praised for thirteen years of service. Boys and at times girls throwing stones endangering teeth. town council warns about firecrackers and July 4 restrictions. A Bristolian letter notes sly liquor in nearby town despite prohibition. Root and Spruce Beer sold by Joe Goon on Hope Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury
Bennett's
Lackawanna
Providence
Delaware and Wudgon Canal
Delaware & Hudson Coal Company
Col Bennett
Crocano Lane Reopens After Road Improvements
Workers blast and remove large rocks that blocked the water course and forced zig zagging along Crocano Lane. The project straightens crooked sections and smooths rough spots with grading on both sides, enabling easier driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crocano
Bristol court to hear liquor sale case this afternoon
A Justice's Court convenes at the Court House at two o'clock for the case Town of Bristol versus Henry Waldron over selling liquor illicitly. The steamer Bradford Durfee has been refitted with a new boiler and improvements and resumes trips between Fall River, Bristol and Providence. Rev. Mark Trafton to deliver the Fourth of July ovation in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Tie
Meron de Nante
Bloomingdale
Fall River Monitor
Dighton and Somerset Railroad
Ohn Martin
New Bedford
Oak Grove Cemetery
George T. Hammond
Newport Neirs
New York Custom
Court House
Town of
Bristol
N.S Greene
Henry Waldron
Bradford Durfee
Fall River
Providence
Mark Trafton
July issues of Godeys Lady's Book and Beadle's Monthly
The July number marks a new volume for Godeys Lady's Book with engravings and fashion plates showing summer hats and robes from Stewart & Co, plus stories, poetry, and a Georgia piece on southern ladies during the blockade. Beadle's Monthly opens its second volume with favorable notes on contributors and circulation. The Atlantic Monthly for July features Dollan’s sketch, Longfellow, Sawthorne notes, and pieces on demonology, imperialism, and Indian medicine, with Agassiz on the Amazon geology and other literary notes. Our Young Folks lists contributors and price at $2 a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wies - Godey
Stewart & Co
Rizpah
Georgia
I A. Godey
Philadelphia
Pauline Beranger
Gus Locke
Lyail Ainsworth
Harris Byrne
Alice
Madame Roland
Maggie C Pyburn
Emily Lester Leigh
Una Locke
J To Tutwiler
Deacon & Paterson
Walnut Street
Bealle's Monthly
Beadle & Co
William Street
New York
The
Atlantic Monthly
George Dollan
Longfellow
Sawthorne
Charles Reade
Goldwin Smith
Normandy
Bayard Taylor
Ruckert
Henry S. Barrage
Knoxville
Burnside
Alice Carey
Agassiz
Amazon Valley
Bryant
J. R. Lowell
C. J. Sprague
Judy
J W Palmer
Stowa
Kece
Silliman
Turner & Fidt Ls
Elsie Teller
T. W. Higginson
T B. Aldritch
Lucy Larcom
J Warren Newromb
Jo, Carleton
Harnett Beecher Stowe
Mayne Reid
Tanknor & Fields
Fremont Street
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bristol Vicenie
Europe
Ireland
Green Isle
Sland
Canada
Rampry
Prack
Vineland
New Jersey
New England
Baltimore
Chase Linda, Esq
Cape May
Providence Journal
Lewis Cass
Netfort
Mich
Iit
Curtin
Pennsylvania
United
Apsctant
P. A. Sinnott
Army of Ireland
St. Albans
Canadian
Sweeney
New York Lrening Post
Ancona
Sehenck
New York Journal of Commerce
Biltic Sea
Denmark
Alabama
Langport
Indiana
Ben F. Butler
Board of Trade
Albany
N. Y
Cleveland Board of Trade
Pittsburg
Rocky Point
Louis Napoleon
Montreal
Col. Contri
Victor Emanuel
George N. Saunders
Cairo
St Louis
Chicago
Eli Hazid
Westerly
Connecticut
New Haven
Susannah Green
Ewing
Fort Wayne
Ind
Puole Notaries
General Assembly
Neris
Stone Bridge
South Carolina
Georga
Missiseppe
Louisia
Marquis of
Lorne
Ile G
Duke of Argyle
Rir
William M Blythe
Greensboro
Neal Dow
Continent
Prince and Princess de Joinville
Lansdowne I House
Richmond
California
S Iturday
Block Island
Colorado
New Ulaven
Charles Sumner
Fort Laramie
Easton
Ava
Napoleon Canovero
Macao
Callao
Stirtford National Union
Amos Arnold
Weedport
Dartford
Leadley
Johnson
Cordova
Ewan
James S. Eaton
M. A
Taggard & Thompson
Cornhill
J. Monroe Taylor
Phalon
Bocal Intelligence
Horace Greeley
J. 11 Wilcox
Bristol County
Wilcox
I. SE
Davis
Hope Street
Dprixter
Usenr Joe
Goon
Lope Street
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!