I Fell in Love With Susy Arnold
A man recalls a comic flirtation with Susy Arnold as he confesses love during a visit to her home. After a playful test of affections the pair share a dance, a kiss, and a secret plan, with Susy coyly accepting a marriage proposal.
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Norward
Susy Arnold
Thas
Pacis
Susy
Rory O’more
Rory
Misa Susy
Tam
Tosa
Levy’s
Kentucky
Sosy
Bos
Army graveyard's sacred pine grove near Fortress Monroe
A Boston Journal correspondent recalls a Virginia forest ride to a seaside graveyard. Picket-guards in pine shade overlook silent rows of soldiers and sailors buried in a desolate, windswept enclosure. a second Navy cemetery houses marines and sailors, with quiet reverence and a sense of immortality through faith.
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Fortress
Monroe
The
Boston Journal
Virginia Forest
Mife
Nother
Ares
Tudor
Gleny
Betes
Jesus
Death Bed Conversion of President Jackson in 1839
The account recounts Andrew Jackson’s long hesitation to join a church for political reasons, his final public profession of faith on a Sabbath at the Hermitage, and his death at 78 in 1845 after years of Bible reading and family prayers. It notes his private distress, conversion memories, and farewell to family.
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Jackson
Little Hermitage Church
Nicholas P Trist
Virginia
Washington
White House
Hermitage
Edgar
Nashville
Christ
Scott
Croes
Efselman
Epme
Death of the Major Lewis in a moving scene
In a Congregationalist account the dying words mention both white and black. Tears filled the room as he urged the children to be good and meet in heaven. Major Lewis adjusted the body, noting the expression of pain fading to serenity as he died peacefully.
The Sorrows of Childhood in Atlantic Monthly Reflections
The fragment quotes a lively Atlantic Monthly essay on childhood fear and death, noting a boy’s dimly rehearsed mortality and a harsh tale of a Pharisee denying burial in a cheerful graveyard. It also includes a 1828 letter by Joan Froyp defending Georgia politics against disunion charges.
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Atlantic Monthly
Blair
Pacific
Shakespeare
Joseph
A Pleasant Incident In Nashville During War
General Buell rode through Nashville when Mrs. W waved a rebel flag and hailed Jeff Davis. He complimented the house, then ordered it used as a hospital. Within hours the rooms housed sick soldiers and Mrs. W was urged to care for them.
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Buell
Nashville
Jeff Davis
Quips and Quirks from a Curio Laden Page
A jumble of jokes and puns from a bygone era figures of speech, misheard tales and witty exchanges. The text features snippets about Voltaire, a confession, a hunter dog, Aunt Betty’s milkings, and a curious Dutchman, all framed in a humorous older voice.
George Floyd rumors stir in 1828 Georgia letters
A letter to the editor recounts warnings of a Union split if Adams is not re elected, with Gen. Floyd urging separation and visions of vengeance. The writer Allen B. Powch confirms Floyd's remarks after noting a June administration meeting in Darien.
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Ieee
National Intelligencer
Floyd
Congress
Georgia
Powell
Senate
Savannah
Milledgeville Statesman and Patriot
Macon
Siti
Union
Darien
Burton
Telegraph
Joan Froyp
Camden Uo
Mrr
Adams
Ataot Kimberly
Gen. Floyd
Kimberly
Gen. F
General Floyd
Kisting
Winds of March and Solitary Yearning
A fragmented lyric in the voice of DY FITZ-GREENE HALLECK laments March winds and an early ending of love. The speaker notes a budding garden tree as a sober, sad emblem while reflecting on a second winter overcome and an unaccepted lover.
Nashville and the Rebellion's Reach in the Confederacy
J. G. recounts Nashville as a Union stronghold briefly reasserting government power, describes the city as a hotbed of treason, and notes ministers preaching pro slavery in desecrated pulpits. He warns that secessionists dominate Middle Tennessee and urges firm Union resolve to preserve constitutional authority and navigation rights on the Mississippi.
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Nashville
Montgomery
Tennessee
Mean
Bert Donelson
Christ
Angel of Death
Doveleon
Cumberland
Neshville
Pfst
Fort Donelson
Nnime
East Tennessee
Congress
Buchanan
Great Northwest
Mississippi
J. G
How different you soldiers are from us in war
Arabella taunts a captain about conquest vs ending engagements. The piece then mocks a Yankee invention called a saddleometer that delivers a sharp punch in the ribs when a man has become sufficiently drunk, satirizing temperance and military bravado.
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Arabella
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