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1927
When Putnam's Water Wars Nearly Tore a Connecticut Town Apart (Oct. 1927)
Putnam patriot (Putnam, Conn.)
1926
1926: A WWI Taxi Sails to America & Hollywood Courts a Queen
Le messager (Lewiston, Me.)
1906
1906: When Being Republican Was Enough to Win (Or Was It?)
Grand Rapids herald-review (Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minn)
1896
When a Minister Chickened Out: How One Political Debate Broke the Populist Coalition in Oklahoma (Oct. 13, 1896)
The Wichita daily eagle (Wichita, Kan.)
1886
Treasury Secretary Manning Returns—With a Limp. Plus: Statue of Liberty Dedicated Days Ago, and Chief Justice Chase...
The Washington critic (Washington, D.C.)
1876
How to Turn $10 Into $20: A Wall Street Scheme Reaches Rural Maine (1876)
Daily Kennebec journal (Augusta, Me.)
1866
Hanged at Dawn: The Brutal Confessions That Haunted 1866 New York—Plus Beauregard's Return to Washington
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1865
1865: Union General Caught Red-Handed Stealing $120K + The Secret Offer to Robert E. Lee
The weekly pioneer and Democrat (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory)
1864
Lincoln's Path to Victory Secured: North Votes to Fight On (Oct. 13, 1864)
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1863
Inside the Union's Secret Signal Corps: How Vermont's Army Communicated in 1863
Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
1862
Lee's Gamble in Maryland: Why a Confederate General Begged the Public to Trust Him (October 13, 1862)
Memphis daily appeal (Memphis, Tenn.)
1861
How the Confederacy Built Its War Machine: Laws from Nashville, October 1861
Nashville union and American (Nashville, Tenn.)
1856
The Day Before the Storm: Inside Evansville's Last Thriving Commercial Hub (October 1856)
The Evansville daily journal (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.])
1846
Rent a Capitol Hill mansion for mere dollars: Inside Washington's 1846 real estate boom
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
1836
Inside the Nation's Capital in 1836: Where Dancing Lessons, Steamboat Travel, and Slave Auctions Shared the Same Front...
Daily national intelligencer (Washington City [D.C.])
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