Crabbed Fate in Love and Legislation Parody
A humorous antiquated meditation features Crabb and his lover in a mock legislative dispute about names and marriage. Crabb pleads after a rejection by the legislature, imagining a wry, tragicomedy ending as the couple contemplates Crabbs in matrimony.
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Sago
Crabbégislature
Massachusetts
Senate
Issac Crabb
Dulemea
Mr. Harrison
Crabb
Mere
Crab
Dulcien
Mrs. Crabb
Crabbs
Farwell
Terrible Revenge: Englishman and Gallery of Fire and Ashes
A wealthy Englishman in Rome discovers his wife’s affair with a German painter. He seeks revenge through a pistol duel, crippling the artist and vowing to erase the man’s artistic legacy by burning all paintings listed in a catalogue, reducing a lifetime of work to ashes.
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Adams
Baraboo
J. F. Sanford
N. B
A. Andrews
David K. Noyes
Baraboo, Sauk Co
Wis
Tlouse
J. B. Quimby
C. Sauk City
Sumner House
BE. Sumner
Daniel Schermerhorn
Ohio
Italia
Egypt
China
India
Holy Land
Morris
Rome
Winklemann
Visconti
Cicerone
St. Peter's
Iade
Italy
England
Germany
Russia
France
Ele
St. Petersburg
Luther
Berlin
Paris
Fraudulent Indiana Bank Scheme and Barnum Copyright Shadows
A curious 1853 letter from a War Street broker outlines a plan to set up an Indiana Bank, detailing costs, notes, and profits to lure investors. The piece also notes Barnum’s publishing dealings with Redfield, revealing Europe bound rights and preemptive contracts, with commentary on maturation of his biography.
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Missouri “Democrat
Indiana
Lilke
Grandma
Ichabod
End Heaple
Mérchants’ Bank
OF Bank
Willen
Eventful Life of a Reclaimed Farm’s Son and Clergyman’s Quest
An old narrative traces a wayward youth son of a Presbyterian clergyman. After disruptive behavior and dismissal from a clerical post, the father seeks help in New York. The pair return to teach near a Midwestern town, where tragedy and familial wills reshape fortunes and life paths amid a grim rural scene.
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New York
Citigen
Iba
Ater
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Ptk
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Sauk Co
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H. M. Sart
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Henry L. Feegles
Moorhead
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Boston
Baraboo Lodge
Purdy
Order
Forsyth
Beo’y. Bitaboo
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Barabgo
Sauk County
Andrew C. Holt
Co. C. Remington
Law
Baraboo, Wis
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B. F. Mills
Baraboo, Wisconsin
Charles Cowles
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Apaa Stewart
J. S. Moseley
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State of New
L. F. Cook
Girome
Cerus Leland, x
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Leland & Tripp
General Bland
City
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Y Baraboo
Sumiier House
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Barabgo, Wisconsin
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H. E. G. Arey
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Uni
Redfield
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London
Madrid
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Stockholm
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