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!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1866
Page
3
Fragmentary text presents a rambled boast about stone walls and hard butt resistance with garbled phrases and nonsensical branding. No clear event or entities emerge. The readable portions imply a challenge or demonstrative claim but lack coherent subjects or dates. The piece seems damaged and inconclusive.
Fragment from a preface to President Johnson's Chicago arrival notes. The crude manuscript lists numbered self commendations from Alderman to President, with hostile lines about Congress and a chorus of praise for Seward and Grant. It includes racist passages and blunt political boasts, reflecting partisan tone and era rhetoric.
Syracuse Journal prints a fragment praising a Chicago address by a president contender. The piece notes the speaker’s claim of having held every major office and vows punishing Northern traitors while avoiding punishing Southern ones, promising admiration for the oratorical style and political versatility.
The document catalogs state by state election dates and the officers to be chosen, noting Governor, members of Congress, and state legislatures with United States Senators to be elected in several states. It includes Ohio Indiana New York Massachusetts New Jersey Michigan Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Missouri Kansas Nevada Maryland Delaware New Hampshire Connecticut Rhode Island Oregon Kentucky and mentions special elections, with references to absent California and admitted states. A later exchange records a conversation about Johnson and Lincoln era trust between Northern and Southern gentlemen.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.