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!
The Widow and the Vault Ball Royalty and a Tennis Winner
A New York Sun excerpt features a tale of a golfing dispute involving a widow who cheated by playing from a burial vault, a yacht expedition, a warning about Mrs Top Leigh, and a note on sultan's palace dinners. It also reports H H. P. Smith winning the first season tennis title in New York, defeating A E Wright in the men’s singles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluffly
Red
Bluttly
Turkey
H. P. Smith
New York
A. E. Wright
Cooperstown
N. Y