Editorial Summary of Transatlantic News and British Honors
A kaleidoscope of 19th century headlines and notes. Jeffersonian themes mix with royal passages and Grant’s London reception. Reports include Liberia’s election of Anthony Gardner, Dutch and Abyssinian mentions, and European diplomacy. Also noted are press feuds, Utah tensions, Crook County organization, and Grant’s high regard in London clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abyssinia
Anthony Gardner
Liberia
Sornra Prepericka Matilda
Holland
Chinawan
Europe
Joan Laturnop Morey
Kensal Green
Dean Stanley
Duke of Wellington
Apsley House
Grant
Brooklyn
English Dinners and After-Dinner Speeches in Birmingham
The Birmingham mayor hosted a dinner for famed English statesmen Mr Gladstone and Mr Bright, with city officials present. Aldermen were served turtle soup and excellent port as after-dinner speeches followed, reflecting on English governance and tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Gladstone
Mr. Bright
Earthquakes and Their Far Reaching Effects Across Time
A historical survey explains how earthquakes originate and ripple across oceans, noting events from Herculaneum and Pompeii to Lisbon 1855 and New Madrid. It describes premonitory signs, such as air changes and animal distress, and highlights Chile 1822 and Port Royal Jamaica 1692 as notable examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Pacific Ocean
Herculaneum
Pompeii
Antioch
Syria
Justinian
Sea Board
Lisbon
New Madrid
Chile
Port Royal
Jamaica
St. Louis
Mississippi
Caracas
Waterspouts and related atmospheric phenomena across oceans
A detailed, era‑tone explainer describes waterspouts as cloud and water columns with conelike shapes, whirling winds, and often dramatic landfalls. It recounts historic events from 1811 Azores to 1829 Calcutta, notes theories on causes, and references related French terms and curious naval beliefs while touching on French political chatter and distant wartime dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Towa
Sabrina
St. Michael’s
Azores
Lancashire
England
Sherwin
Dumdum
Calcutta
Himalaya
Earthquakes and Quito Destruction Fact Record
A fragment notes that about 12 000 residents were buried and Quito was nearly leveled by a 1859 quake. It explains that the quake shock and rapid distant communication have been vari ously explained, with internal chemical changes and vibrational movement of rocks as chief agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Fourtien
MacMahon
France
Rustchuk
John Bull
Hobart Pasha
Punch
Turkey
England
Atlantic City
Wyoming
Green River
Bryan
Quito
Ontology on irregulars in family bloodlines
The speaker claims to resemble an irregulars type said by physiologists to recur in some English families across generations. Eminent ontologists assert that lineages can carry a forgotten ancestral type resurfacing in a son or daughter, suggesting a persistent inherited trait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Hubert Pasha
Stayes
Boston
Harvard Law School
Turkey
International Typographical Union
Louisville
Joan M. Fannapay
Hirper’s Ferry
Susquehanna
Manhattan Club
New York
Hendricks
San Francisco Morning Chronicle
Senator Sargent
Chronicle
Senator
Kasson
Spain
Caleb Cushing
Washington
Georgia
Atlanta
Ages
Gen
Grant
Apsley House
London
Lehigh Valley
J. McMillan
United States
McEnery
Pinchback
Republican Party
New Orleans
J. Madison Wells
Louisiana Returning Board
McMillan
Ohio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ellen Rizpah
Stars and Stripes
Peter H. Penwell
Peter
San Francisco Bulletin
Sargent
South Carolina
Gordon
Wade Hampton
Tts
Northern Central
Baltimore and Potomac Railways
Prince of Wales
General Grant
America
Tre
Brussels
le Nord
St. Petersburg
Danube
Russia
Sultam Kaleh
Causasus
Tax Court of Claims
Senate
Ofice
Grn
Sneripan
Utah
Wappell
Shenandoah
San Francisco
Mexican
H. H. Osaoop
Norwich
Conn
Crook County
Black Hills
Deadwood
Bernard
Bear Gulch
Thayer
Steele
Corlett
Potato Creek
African Gulch
Speirfish Valley
Cheyenne Stage Company
Wyoming Territory
Legislative Assembly
Far West
Messrs
Jonors
United Service Club
William
George the
The
Unitedtates
Dially
Old England
Victoria
Radical
Radical Party
Adrianople
Richmond
Julia
Crook
N. Y. Herald
Maljat
Tks
Ontario
Gren. von Motake
Jerome Park
Fugitive
Red Cloud
Dauntless
Parr A. Wilcox
Granger
Douglass Co
U.S
Ton Svorr
Chicago
Solic
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!