Tidal Wave of Tails and Tares in Vermont Verse
A satirical poem mocks Horace Greeley and political actors across Vermont and New England. It depicts a fabled tidal wave of Republican defeat receding as Horace and his allies face public rebuke. The piece lampoons the Grant administration and extensive campaigning by Farnsworth and Trumbull, tying the political upheaval to a dramatic shoreline analogy.
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Dolly Vardens
Green Mountain
Grant
Wilson
Maine
Greeley
Atlantic
Champlain
Ulysses
Grace G
Vermont
Horace
Jef Davis
Trumb
Burglar in Polly Quimby's Night Cap Night
A fearsome stormy night in a western town leads Aunt Polly Quimby to confront a polite burglar who burglarizes her closet for forty dollars and eighty cents. She locks him in the closet, trades gold for his exit, and later learns her money aided her niece Rebecca’s schooling while the mysterious visitor vanishes.
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Deacon Albee
Chick
Jason
Polly Quimby
Amn
Joe
France
Italy
Rebecca
Madam De’il
Brother Joe
Madam Quimby
Death of statesman Seward in Auburn at 3:16 PM
Hon Wm H Seward died at his Auburn residence after a rapid lung catarrhal effusion. Born May 16 1801 at Florida NY he rose from Union College to governor senator and Secretary of State shaping Whig Free Soil and Republican causes. He died after a chill and fever with delirium and restored energy until sudden failure.
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William Henry Seward
Auburn, N.Y
Wm. H. Seward
Auburn
Mr. Seward
Florida
Orange County
New York
Union College
Schenctady
Frances Adeline
Elijah Miller
John Quincy Adams
State Senate
Europe
Marcy
Virginia
United States
Senate
Mr. Clay
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Iorace Greeley
Lincoln
Austin
N. Y
Ife
William
New York Times
Governor Seward’s Views on Union and Republican Loyalty
A 1872 letter from Hon. William H. Seward to R. P. Johnson of San Francisco asserts his support for the Republican party and the current administration. Seward recalls his Civil War role, vows loyalty, and notes his retirement to preserve health as he ages. He emphasizes liberty, constitution, and union as inseparable.
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William H. Seward
R. P. Johnson, Esq
San Francisco
Austin
Johnson
Camp log from Gunnison to Fremont Pass in 1872 diary
Lieutenant Dinwiddie records a 1872 expedition route from Gunnison to Fremont's Pass via Sevier and Castle Valleys. He details encounters with Maj. Gordon and Indians, camp setups at Salina and a seven-mile lake basin, fish catching near Seven, and final rendezvous at Beaver for refit while noting eerie wolf and coyote choruses and a barefoot child sign. Also included is Horace Greeley’s 1864 letter pondering Lincoln's re-election and cabinet change ideas.
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Epstor
Lieut
Wheeler
Cheyenne
Marshall
Gunnison
Beaver
Seveir Valley
Grass Valley
Freemont’s Pass
Sevier Valley
Salina
Little Salt Creek Canon
Maj. Gordon
Castle Valley
Spanish Fork
Springville
Salt Lake City
Moose Neck Peak
Mr. Lo
Wahsatch
Pasa
Gunnison Valley
Boston
Reveille
Meadow Creeks
Seveir
Mit
Siuntegrounds
Red Lake
Chiy
Red Canon
Canon
Panquidh
Fremont’s Pass
Salt Lake
Lem Beaver
St. George
Colorado
Principles and Policy Words From Wintras H. Spwarp Letter
Wintras H. Spwarp writes to R. P. Johnson in San Francisco arguing citizens must cast aside uncertainty about governing principles and party leadership. He signals withdrawal from support for the country’s guiding policies and leaders who secured victory in the civil conflict.
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R. P. Johnson
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San Francisco
Cal
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Frederick
Seward
Republican Party
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Meadow Creek
Horace Greeley
Gover
New Yoas
Union Party
The
Tribune
McClellan
Chappaqua
Fremont
Chase
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