A common feature in old newspapers was the short article. The sort of thing that was likely passed around from newspaper to newspaper in order to…
Silver PersingerJune 10, 2014
From the Richmond Times dated April 21, 1865, Volume 1, Number 1. The first edition of this newly established newspaper was published a full week after…
Silver PersingerNovember 21, 2012
With the renewed interest in President Abraham Lincoln due to Steven Spielberg’s latest movie, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at…
Silver PersingerNovember 19, 2012
On 13 November 1860, J.S. Moore of Indiana wrote a letter to his Virginia relative Doctor Thomas Moore. Much of the letter has to do…
Greg CrawfordNovember 7, 2012
