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1927
1927: Cleveland's Black Leaders Clash Over $1 Million Debt—And a Lawyer's Desperate Flight from the KKK
The gazette (Cleveland, Ohio)
1926
1926: When Poker Jim's Christmas Crisis Hit Small-Town Maryland
Montgomery County sentinel (Rockville, Md.)
1906
1906: Kansas Politicians Battle Railroads While Epic Snowstorm Shuts Down Streetcars
The Topeka state journal (Topeka, Kansas)
1896
COUNTED OUT: How Populists Won Alabama—Then Got Robbed (1896)
The Nebraska independent (Lincoln, Nebraska)
1876
An Axe, Blood-Stained Cuffs, and a Widow's Murder: Inside a Brutal 1876 NYC Crime
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1866
When Irish-American Veterans Threatened to Invade Canada: The Fenian Crisis of 1866
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
March 20, 1865: Military trials, war bonds, and opera — Washington 3 weeks before Lincoln's death
Daily national Republican (Washington, D.C.)
1864
Grant Takes Command: How the Union Finally Got Its Act Together (March 1864)
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
1863
1863: A Confederate Editor Warns of Despotism—From Within the South Itself
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1862
Escape by Turkey: How a Saw and Stolen Livestock Got Two Officers Past Federal Guards (March 1862)
Washington telegraph (Washington, Ark.)
1861
Andrew Johnson Called a 'Southern Traitor'—And the South Would Soon Make Him President
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
Selling the Future: A Slaveholder's Final Auction Before America Breaks Apart (March 1856)
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
Indiana's $5 Million Debt Blows Up in London—and the State Blames the Creditors' Own Agent
Indiana State sentinel (Indianapolis)
1836
Rails & Slaves: Inside Virginia's 1836 Race for Progress
Richmond enquirer (Richmond, Va.)
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