Newspaper Column Clippings and War Commentary
A dense collection of editorial snippets and notices discusses Civil War era topics. It covers President Jefferson Davis era politics, opinions on Serbibellum, Ottoman decline, and European power shifts, with a focus on Hamburg massacre commentary and a Havana yellow fever obituary in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servia
England
Progress on the Brooklyn Bridge from a correspondent's view
Our Own Correspondent notes the completion of the two piers and the planned first across-the-stream threading of cables for the Brooklyn Bridge. He describes the massive anchorages, 6,300 strand cables, 275 foot towers, and the vast scope of construction as Brooklyn awaits a grand opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yor
Torre Eprrozr
Reebling
Columbus
Rook
Shen
New York
Brooklyn
August notes on church services and town taxes in 1876
The piece records Rev. Charles F. Canedy to lead Trinity Church with early communion and morning prayer. It also notes Bishop DeWolfe Howe's Mount Hope retreat and a Rhode Island historical visit, plus a town tax roll listing eighty three taxpayers with rates and totals, due dates, and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krye Puuuir
Rhode Island Historical Society
Qld Colony Historical Society
Taunton
Mass
King Philip
Mount Hope
Philip
Rhode Island Society
Bradford Durfee
Wm. J. Miller
Fay
Bishop Howe
Doctor Howe
Cold Spring
Samuel W. Church
Charles F. Canedy
Monticel
Trinity
Providence Evening Press
M. A. DeWolfe Howe
Central
Pennsylvania
Mount Hope Bay
Rhode Island
Old Colony
Chieftian
Howe
Abby E Babbitt
Horace M. Barnes
Jemuel A. Bishop
Theodore P. Bogert
Francis Bourn
Augustus O. Bourn
Holder B. Bowen
Louisa Bowen
Guardian
Bristol Gas Light Co
Lemuel W. Briggs
Edward W. Brunson
Stephen T. Church
Peter Church
William Henry Church
Catherine KE
Maria R. Codman
Henry Codman
Arthur Codman
Samuel P. Colt
Nehemiah Cole
John Collins
Charles H. RB. Doringh
Samuel
Drury
A. Sidney DeWolf
Francis L’bree
William B. Kimball
James Lawless
William W. Munro
John B. Munro
Hezekiah Munro
Martha T. Oiiver
William Paull
Wm. Paull
Seth Paull
Alfred Pearce
James Dew. Perry
Phenix Sugar Refinery
W. & Bristol R. Road Co
Maria Rogers
Charlotte DeWolf
Richmond Manufacturing Co
Reynolds Manufacturing Co
BR. 1. Hospital Trust Co
Henry B. Renwick
George Smith
Hannah B. Smith
Elizabeth G. Swett
William R. Taylor
George ¥. Dasher
Henry Wardwell
Hezekiah O. Wardwell
Samuel D
Wm. T. D. Wardwell
Samuel D. Wardwell
William T. D. Wardwell
Thomas Wilson
Moses B. ‘Wood
Fielding L. Williams
Davis Wilson
Bristol and Mount Hope in Rhode Island Described
A Philadelphia sketch of Bristol and Mount Hope portrays the town’s broad streets and antique wooden houses, its churches and jail, and notes public graves and commerce. Mount Hope is praised for scenery, mining interest, and a royal past linked to King Philip, with a summer house for visitors and a town clambake. The piece also mentions local church events, a Good Templars convention, and an address by Rev. George S. Ball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Varick Street
Wm. H. Bennett
Columbus
Bennett
Pier 18
North River
Board of Health
Dix’s
Riso
Bristol
Rhode Island
IV. Y
Philadelphia
Mount Vernon
Mecca
Nature
Rapix
Asi Aaistal Fiefe Sage
Daisey
New England
Mount Hope
Byfield
General Washington
Lafayette
Church
Pappoosequaw Neck
Abner Alden
Alden
Bishop Griswold
Sahara
Newport
West India
United States
Taunton
Philip
Herade
Philip Itis
James O’wolf
Grand Lodge of Good Templars
Realtura Lodge
No. 32
Odd Fellows Hall
George 8. Ball
Upton
Mass
Maria B. R. Williams
A. Ludlow
Maria Ib RK. Williams
Ithode Island
Hope Street
Wn. DeWolf
Wm. Fales
George M. Richmond
Nehayond
A. T
T. J. Uaher
Wm. D’wolf
Beilog
Robert Rogers
Charette D’wolf
WM. R. Taylor
Clark
DeWolf
Fales
Ward
Phenix
Letter from Roxbury soldier recounts Bunker Hill fighting and camp updates
A mass of wartime notes and two letters describe Nathan Barden at Roxbury on June 20 1775 reporting casualties from the battle of the 17th and 18th including hundreds wounded and officers among the dead. The regulars are encamped near Charlestown with artillery and thousands in force, while Putnam commands a trench line with cannons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker Hill
Nathan Barden
Roxbury
Mass
Warren
R. C
Rhode-island
Samuel Luther
Roxmuey Camp
Barnen
Boston
Gage
Charlestown
Campana Hill
Cambridge
Cap’t
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phenis
Proctor
Winslow
Review of
Boston Bankers
Commodore Vanderbilt
Europe
South
California
Cox
Congress
Tennessee
Butler
Hamburg
Benjamin
Jonathan
Omaha Bee
Heyl
U. S. Infantry
Anzona
Henry S. Lathan, Jr
Greeneville
Bristol High School
First Baptist Church
L. A. Richmond
Geo. H. Reynolds, Esq
8. P. Colt
Bristol Neck
Hezekiah J
Messrs. Barbour & Peabodie
Trinity Church Sunday School
Usher's Cove
North Learement
Grriel
Ithiel Pease
Glenn
Hunt
Speer
Paris
London
New
G. P. Barnes
G. W. Easterbrooks
DaCosta
N. C. Bedell
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Messrs
Weeks
Pacific
Henry Wells
Wells, Fargo & Co
Aurora
N.Y
Sanford
Anford
LaAmorp
Collins
Voltaig Plasters
GEQ. A. Pike
Physican
Suegeqn
Hope and
Bradford Streets
Nightvalle
Ag Geo
WM. H. Richards
Chase—Wade
John Alfred Chase
Amey Wade
East Killingly
Conn
Davis
Sadie Davis
Charles H
Sarah Davis
BaBcock
Grand Haven
Mich
Mary Babcock
Albert
Tiverton
Hannah Albert
Manciester
Sally
Edward Manchester
Wood
Instant
Charlotte
James C. Wood
Stephen Slocum
Portsmouth
Topkins
Abby
Henry Tompkins
Perrin
Pawtucket
William 8
Lime Rock
Nelson Perrin
Gardner
Joseph Gardner
Borden
Fall River
Philander Borden
Phoenix Marine Journal
Port of
Breamer R. Borden
Mason
B. Durfee
Gannon
Providence
Wm. F. Mitchell
Verity
Prudence
Fashion
Alice
Gladding
Mondat
Rt. Borden
Durfee
Patience
Gilmore
Ermengarde
Belmont
New Or
Ida
Goff
Cole
Sa River
Mount Lane
School Street No.2
Thomas Glover
Thames Street
Constitution Street
Bristol Harbor
Reynolds Manufacturing Company
Joseph N. Gardner
Lemuel C. Richmond
Bristol Institution For
Bristol Institution
Court of Common Pleas
Bristol Institution For Savings
Martin Bennett
Union
Hope
High Streets
auld-Lptr
H. Herbert Bosworti
B. Browsell’s
Franklin Coal
Lykens Valley
Sinnickson & Co
Franklin
Charles V. Perry
Henry Stewart
X. A. Willard
John Phin
M. du Breuil
F. RR
G. H. Farrington
Old Tibbitts & Randall
Westminster Street
Milton
Tom
Mrs. P. Dillon
Emma Phillips
Mary E. Wilson
John
Rhode
Ishin
Russell
Clara Io
Gilbert
Abby Manchester
Yelle Woodard
Barck
Pitt Tol
George D. Rogers
George
Rogers
James Poub
Edward Quirk
Sai Firm
Prexar Court
Babin T. White
Bristol Phenix
Peter Gladding
Jonathan Alger
Bristol Phoenix
Mason’s
Tal
Howard Tmanchester
Bakers, &c
Geo. Tilley
Bradford 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!