The Slave of the Dismal Swamp and Reform Era Echoes
A fragmentary 1869 New York Mercury page mixes poem lines about a slave in the Dismal Swamp with short notes and anecdotes on political figures, theatre, velocipedes, prizes, and social curiosities. It catalogs miscellaneous items: Miss Olive Logan, Miss Abbott in Toledo, a New Orleans lottery, a Kansas Speed record, a Syrian rumor, and global chatter, reflecting a bustling mid century miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Suratt
Brazil
Cheyenne
Omaha
Figaro
Eugenie
Nelaton
New Orleans
Manchester
England
Chicago
Olive Logan
St. Louis
Bee
Patterson
Sumner
sarGon
Rousseau
Paris
Cincinnati
New York
William S. Dodge
Sitka
New Bedford
Brooklyn
Gar Strakosch
Toledo
Miss Abbott
Gaines
Greeley Meets The English Visitor At The Tribune
A Rochester Express note recounts Mr. Greeley calmly answering a boastful Englishman who demanded the Tribune editor by asking if the man before him was Mr. Greeley. The visitor, dismissed in stride, left in confusion apologizing to the Tribune chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Alfred Townsend
Butler
Senate
Mr. Wade
Massachusetts
Georgia
House of Representatives
Ingersoll
Illinois
Horace Maynard
John Covode
Wade
Farnsworth
President
Congress of the United States
Pilate
Banks
Bank
America
Colfax
Schenck
McPherson
McClellan
St Louis
Halleck
United States
Congress
Supreme Court
Drake
Missouri
Whyte
Maryland
New York Times
Times
House
McArdle
Grier
Hale
Dlouisville
Greeley
The
Rochester Express
Mr. Greeley
Democrats
Tribune
London, Times
Johnny Bull
the Tribune
Nine-year-old Affection and Bel Festy Chapter Suspense
A decipherable fragment notes a nine-year-old figure tied to a Bel Festy event, with unclear sequence about a first chapter and other youths. The readable names hint at a male participant and a mix of local setting terms, suggesting a literary or community page item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H W. Smith
Starfield Hall
Milly Moyne
New York Mercier
eAll
Yor Mercury
New York Mercury
America
United States
Addreass Cauldwell & Whitney
Fulton St
New York City
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Wendel Schmitt
Main Street
New Harmony
Ind
Fretageot, Son & Heir
F. W. Lichtenberger & CO
F.W. Lichtenberger & Co
the Register
Oscar Bertrand
Jand
NEW Cash Store
Tye
Messrs
Owen & Co
Cor. Church & Main Streets
Do. W. Slater
J. P. Bennett
Mobile Register
Longfellow and
Ticknor
Loncretton
Bulrush
Columbus Sun
Frank Ticknor
New “England
Ain
Bunker Hill
Crete
Boston
garThe
Fort Dodge
Fifth Avenue
India
Odds and
San Francisco
Hae A. Newburg
Sue Brownlow
Persia
Sar
Napoleon
Dubuque
Iowa
Searindiana
Pratt
sarGeorge Sand
Nam Kossuth
Hungary
Francis Joseph
Gar
Moss
Lamartine
Passy
London News
sapiIn
Peoria
Hartford
Ney
Atlantic
Aar
Albany
Tor
Ben Wade
Grant
Veaton
Republican Party
First
Washington
Weate
Veatch
Vincennes
Worcester Spy
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