While Lin Manuel Miranda’s blockbuster musical hit Hamilton takes some artistic liberties with our American Colonial past, there is a lot of history packed into…
Library of VirginiaJuly 1, 2020
We love our letterhead here in the processing sections of the Library of Virginia. One can come across such interesting, varied, and colorful examples while…
Vince BrooksJanuary 16, 2013
On 6 November 2012, Barack Obama and Joe Biden were re-elected President and Vice President of the United States. Or were they? As we all…
Roger ChristmanDecember 12, 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
The ascension of Mitt Romney, though drawn out, is boring by comparison to the Republican Convention of 1912. The June 21, 1912 issue of the The Times Dispatch devoted…
Silver PersingerJune 21, 2012
Another presidential election year is upon us, and we are already bombarded with television ads touting the two candidates and proclaiming their positions on every…
Trenton HizerJune 13, 2012
