New England Log House Unearths Antiquated Home Treasure
Reflex of the Olden Time describes a New England log house exhibit with items from plus centuries old. Objects include a flint-lock, powder-horn, candle molds, and a 145 year old cupboard filled with pewter earthenware and a 200 year old churn. A ghost memorial lists ten drowned visitors from June 1773. A cumbrous settle and an ancient brass-hinged chest, two centuries old, are displayed with sale notes.
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New England
Maine
Elizabeth Dutch
Ipswich
Marblehead
The London Times on the Celebration of Our Independence
The London Times lauds the United States celebration of independence noting the liberal privilege of citizenship, immigration's growth of a great nation, and the abolition of slavery. It praises immigrant labor, westward expansion, and wealth production while urging the world to benefit from America’s prosperity and freedom.
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London “Times
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London Times
United States
Pad Coronel
Uni
A Land of Fullness of Dread in the Emigrant Tale
The passage traces the emigration from Europe to America, detailing the costly struggle to obtain means to sail from Liverpool Bremen Cork and Hamburg to an Atlantic port. It describes penniless arrival, hard work, eventual home ownership, and the enduring memory of early hardships shaping a generation. It ends with faith in a future beyond material wealth and a dawning century.
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Liverpool
Bremen
Cork
Hamburg
Atlantic
United States
Anecdote of Gen Custer and the drill discipline
A first cavalry trooper recounts how Custer demanded relentless drilling and transformed soldiers into a meld of man and machine. When a reluctant trooper faced punishment, Custer questioned his defiance, framed duty against fear, and showed that resolve under pressure could define an army. The trooper later died bravely, prompting the General to declare that such men could conquer the world.
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Custer
First Cavalry
New York Herald
Griin
Sam
The Hog Bouncer invention for cattle yard hog moving
West Albany men invent a hog bouncer to shove hogs from cars into the yard. A platform springs upward when a crowd blocks the gangway, tossing pigs over heads but usually causing no injuries. The device uses a sprung catch and lever to rapidly clear blockages.
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West Albany
New York
How to Keep Your Husband's Love In All Circumstances
A repurposed advice passage urges women to withhold individuality, flaunt no zeal for appearance, and manipulate affection through jealousy and dependence. It counsels exploiting conflict, isolation, and parental ties to secure a husband’s devotion, then shifts to a frontier tale of Kannon and Miss Brand amid a massacre, detailing escape, capture, and eventual marriage to the rescuer, with references to Fort Laramie and Gen. Crook.
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Ale Forest
Cincinnati
Limes
Romantic episode of a frontiersman at Fort Laramie
Old Jimmy Kannon, a government scout, guides a cavalry force to a Sioux camp after an emigrant train massacre near Fort Laramie. He volunteers to rescue Miss Mary Brann, uses stealth to approach at midnight, locates the captive, and scouts the camp to plan a rescue while learning the Indians’ movements.
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Brand
Kannon
Fort Laramie
Cottonwood Creek
Laramie
Miss Brand
Gen
Crook
Tie
Santa Anna
Davy Crockett
San Antonio
Kansas City
Jfo
Jimmy Kannon
Jimmy
Fort Lurmile
Kenbeley
Mary Brann
Rawhide
Platte
Im Irissiman
Bins Kannon
Rawhide River
The Narrow Seat Love Story at the Livery Stable
In a rural town Ned and Kitty grew fond and planned marriage, riding together in a narrow seated buggy. The pair favored buggy rides and stood apart as their romance blossomed, with Ned requesting the narrow seated rig for their outings.
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Ned
Kitty
Bill
Bu Ny
Faithful NY Customs cashier Willan Duer Robinson dies
Willan Duer Robinson, 34 years in the New York Custom House cashiers office, dies after worry over a missing $5,000 gold certificate. He served since 1842, handling billions without a single misstep, leaving a reputation of integrity despite a past of criticism of the Custom House. The note adds that Cincinnati hosts 4,693 manufactories.
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Hartford Times
Willan Duer Robinson
New York Custom House
Custom House
Robinson
The Dead Beat Nuisance Declares War on Beggars
A 19th century critique outlines the dead beat problem in cities. It describes habitual debtors who turn to theft and lies to survive, notes a central house that profits from forged stories, and urges public vigilance and police intervention to curb organized begging and related crime.
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Tie
South
New York
Boston
Jesus Christ
Huarbers
New York City
Eft
Britain
Dr. J
Holland
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!