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!
Diverse 19th century notes on public life and curiosities
Notes list various odds and ends from the era including pearl-divers on Lower California, lumber turned into use-bats, Sitting Bull joining the church, Governor Butler and his yacht America, a Boston doctor’s spirits aging trick, Governor Kirkwood quitting tobacco, a record milk-pan for Iowa, Herr Most arrival anecdote, a congressman’s wife planning to move to Washington, a Nevada City school vaccination rule, and a cheeky vaccination certificate at a sixteen year old girl’s school entry.
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Lower
California
Sitting Bull
New Orleans Picayune
Boston
Butler
America
Iowa
Washington
Herr Most
Congress
Potomac Flats
Nevada