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December 27
1927
Missing Over the Atlantic: The Desperate Search for Mrs. Grayson's Plane + Why Lindbergh's Goodwill Tour Mattered
South Bend news-times (South Bend, Ind.)
1926
💰 Druggist robbed of $143K in today's money (he was carrying it in his pocket)
New Britain herald (New Britain, Conn.)
1906
Confederate Vet's Cannonball Stories & Sacred Mounds: Christmas 1906 in Wild West Virginia
Pocahontas times (Huntersville, W. Va.)
1896
Coercion, Fraud & 34 MPH: How Europe's Power Play, Belgian Gambling Scandal & a Revolutionary Engine Collided on Dec....
The sun (New York [N.Y.])
1886
The Last Salute: How General John A. Logan Died Calling Out to the Republic He Served
Savannah morning news (Savannah)
1876
The South's 'Redemption' Begins: Murder, Elections & the End of Reconstruction (Dec. 1876)
The Louisiana Democrat (Alexandria, La.)
1866
Kansas, December 1866: Soldiers Come Home While the South Burns Freedmen's Schools
White Cloud Kansas chief (White Cloud, Kan.)
1865
Grant Heads to Mexico, Underground Frogs, and a Christmas Riot — Dec 27, 1865
Chicago tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1864
How Sherman's Army Ate Georgia Alive—A Vermont Paper's Front-Row Seat to Total War
Green-Mountain freeman (Montpelier, Vt.)
1863
A Treasury Thief, a Murdered Widow & Rebel Armies on the Move: Chicago Tribune, Dec. 27, 1863
Chicago daily tribune (Chicago, Ill.)
1862
Lincoln Defies His Own Party—And Changes History in 5 Days (Dec. 27, 1862)
Springfield weekly Republican (Springfield, Mass.)
1861
New Orleans at War: Inside a Confederate City's Last Days of Normal (Dec. 1861)
New Orleans daily crescent ([New Orleans, La.])
1856
1856: Federal Bid Notices & Patent Claims Reveal a Nation Building—But for How Much Longer?
The daily union (Washington [D.C.])
1846
Rangers, Ciphers & Scandalous Affairs: Dec. 1846 Dispatch Reveals Secret Societies of Manhattan Women
Sunday dispatch (New York [N.Y.])
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