Davis capture and Cuba drift spurs late war chatter
A Bloomington era collage of Civil War era notes recounts Jeff Davis captured near Irwinville Georgia and speculates on escape routes to Florida and Cuba. The item mentions tax whiskey figures, Niagara Niagara Catholic College aid, and other rapid-fire allusions to politics and local anecdotes with historical figures and quirky incidents.
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Davis
United States
Catholic College
Niagara Valla
Teff. Davis
Trwinaville
Georgia
Florida
N. Y. Herald
Bia
St. Mark’s
Cuba
Matanoras
Texas
Maziwilian
Plorida
Morida
Trapped in a Cyprus Tree by the Mississippis Bald Eagles
A narrator recounts days spent trapped in a cyprus tree after an accident, surviving on raw fish and scarce water. He plans to escape using eagles caught in a trap, detailing makeshift tools, suspenseful escapes, and the perilous river crossing toward Arkansas land.
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Cyprus
Mississippi
Fragmented Verse Portrait in a Dreamlike World
A misty landscape evokes a girl beneath backlit branches, her hair lit by a singer, while breezes ripple through folds. An old clock ticks as a voice from memory calls, and a spirit-world beloved lingers, cherished above all others.
Night by the Seaside and the Distant Sea Poem Fragment
Fragmented verses describe night by the seaside with distant boats and stars, weaving images of waves, silver shells, and shifting tides. The text then shifts to Owen Merediths lines about shining hearts, roaming vines, stubborn rocks, and patient flowers that rise from passersby with restorative breath.
Reading’s Power Across Generations and Minds
A compact meditation on reading’s transformative impact through history. Franklin, Mather, Bentham, Washington, Scott, Addison and others are cited to show how a single book or sentence redirected lives and stirred social change across eras and cultures.
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MoNgypow
Kefp
Jana
Chang
Benjamin Franklin
Cotton Mather
Jeremy Bentham
George Gi
George
Robinson Crosoe
Sen
George Washington
Waverly
Scott
Addison
Roger Caverly
The
Spectator
Sa “Bhutan
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Jeff. Davis
Geo
Philip Kearney
Louis Napoleon
Rappahannock
Connecticut
Richmond
Audi
Jacksonville
John Tollidays
Rochester
Buffalo
Teachester
Arlington
Vermont
Mr. Lincoln
Washington and Philadelphia
Wilmington
Lincoln
Chicago
Denis ‘I
Anks
Lincoln Tits
Newbern
Betsy
China
Chicago Medical Colleges
Hartford
Conn
Bhe Marshall
Diddie
State Siredte
WATES
G.H. Eggleston
M.S. Dean
Fitzgerald & O'Brian
Jas
Eliis Gray
Marshall and
Persreuss
Sarel
Gramply
Beerslardwsre
al Iagle and
Hanover Streete
Miralathimne
Agi
Chancery
Marshall
Blichigan
Justin N, Wosllet
F. W. Sherman
Deveraus’s
Woyes & Porter
Suevesaore
ASD
A. Koyes
Oakley & Badgley
Mein and
Canal Streets
Battle Creek
Michigan
I Javns
W. Oskley
Sannet L. Band.Jr
B. Gash
Sidney Thomas
Atporley
Business ii
Ofice
Shharley
Girbag
Lewa
Phenix of
Martford
Tur
Warrant and
Alemand
Phenix
Pheonix
Nona
Eire
Dunine
Prexix
Phoenix
J. G Frink
Marshall, Meliigutie
RW Goods
New York
Grover & Baker's
AI Frank C. “Stuart
Lemar Jn
Portey
Lonven
Burl
Tossour
Wim
Mayne
Allera
Bnei
Arkansaw
Grand Gulf
Mr. Jones
Jones
Toue
Billy
Owert
Eadettea
Owen Meredith
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