by Scott S. Dale Date : 20 May 1870 The United States is in the midst of one of the greatest developments, yet there are cases where the success of some people comes at the expense of others’ hardships. The Oneida Community was founded in 1848 by John Noyes who intended to establish a community…
August 19, 1850: By Jonas Johnston Washington, D.C.- The American Colonization Society, which founded Liberia in 1830 with the assistance of our good President James Monroe1, has recently put out a request for the people of the United States to raise twenty thousand dollars in a fundraising attempt to buy and establish a series of…
Theo S. Dudley December 31, 1951 It is been around a year since the Swedish Nightingale has come to New York. I could not believe how much I have paid to see her. Since the beginning of my writing career, I have travel to a lot of places, South Carolina, Illinois and New York. People…
Baltimore Sun – August 1839 By Roman Ramsey John Ross was elected chief of the Cherokee Nation today in Oklahoma, their new homeland (6). The events that lead up to this election in the west were as follows. As you may remember, the removal of the Indians began nine years ago, with the Indian Removal…
Theo S. Dudley September 30th, 1950 I arrived in New York a month ago, a place where time goes faster than others. Development in the city never stop and it grows more rapidly than others. I came here early for the auction at the Barnum’s American Museum for the tickets of Jenny Lind concert, the…
April 2, 1858 About 13 years ago, Mr. William Cullen Bryant, editor of the New York’s Evening Post, and Mr. Andrew Jackson Downing, landscape artist, began to rally the citizens of New York around the idea of creating an open green space within the city limits (1). This is something that is very much needed in…
Theo S. Dudley July 31rd, 1833 As I walk closer to the fence between the crowd and the track, people are getting noisier. In my hand, there is a performance chart from two days ago. Uncle Henry, one of the horses that I am interested in, won his previous race, but his performance was not…
September 19th 1817 In front of the biggest carriage station in Charleston, South Carolina, I was wandering, waiting for my carriage; its destination was Long Island, New York. I could barely see any woman on the street in front of the station. Wide-brimmed hats were moving among the crowd [xi]. It was totally different from…
Baltimore Sun April 17, 1805 There are only a few places in the United States of America where you can stroll down a street and see people bustling about their daily lives. In the majority of the country, it could take an hour just to get to the next property over. There is a very strong…
Life of the Nation - an Early 19th C. Journalism Project 