New York, NY

Headnote

NEW YORK, city, the great commercial metropolis of the United States, and in population, commerce, and wealth, one of the first cities of the globe, is situated in latitude 40 42’ 40” north, and in longitude 74 1’ 6” west from Greenwich, and 3 0’ 22” east from Washington, 216 miles southwest of Boston and 86 miles northeast of Philadelphia. (Fanning's, 1853)

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City or Town
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New York

New York, New York (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
NEW YORK, city, the great commercial metropolis of the United States, and in population, commerce, and wealth, one of the first cities of the globe, is situated in latitude 40 42’ 40” north, and in longitude 74 1’ 6” west from Greenwich, and 3 0’ 22” east from Washington, 216 miles southwest of Boston and 86 miles northeast of Philadelphia.
The city is located on Manhattan island, between Hudson and East rivers, which unite at its southern extremity, forming one of the most admirable harbors for beauty and convenience in the world. The island is 13.5 miles long, bounded on the north by Harlem river, formerly Spuytendevil creek, and embraces an area of about 20 square miles. On the south part of this, the compact part of the city is built, extending northward about four miles from river to river, and spreading by a rate of progress which will soon cover the whole island. Its admirable position for foreign commerce, with its noble bay, and its remarkable facilities of internal communication with every portion of the Union, have been the unfailing sources of its extraordinary growth and prosperity…
The manufactures of New York, like its commerce, are more extensive than those of any other American city. Ship-building and machinery are among the branches most largely carried on. Here are built the magnificent ocean steamers, packets, and steamboats, that are the glory of New York...
The population in 1653 was 1,120; in 1661 1,743; in 1675, 2,580; in 1696. 4,455; in 1730, 8,256; in 1756, 10,530; in 1774, 22,861; in 1786, 23,688; in 1790, 33,131; in 1800, 60,489; in 1810, [?]6,373; in 1820, 123,706; in 1825, 166,136; in 1830, 202,589; in 1835, 270,089; in 1840, 312,710; in 1845, 371,280; in 1850, 515,507.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 258, 262.
Date Type
A bakery explosion in New York City kills two and injures four others Crime/Disasters
A disturbance aboard a ship docked in New York City ends with a crewman dead of a gunshot wound Crime/Disasters
- A huge winter storms blankets New England. Crime/Disasters
A July heatwave continues across the eastern United States Science/Technology
A massive afternoon fire in the port of New York destroys around thirty vessels Crime/Disasters
A massive boiler explosion at a saw-mill kills several New Yorkers. Crime/Disasters
A New York City brewery employee commits suicide by jumping into a vat of boiling beer Crime/Disasters
A passenger ship is sunk in a hurricane off the Carolina coast with very heavy loss of life. Crime/Disasters
A significant lunar eclipse of the Sun is visible in the morning over much of the eastern United States Science/Technology
A small steamer explodes its boiler in New York Bay and two men are drowned Crime/Disasters
A tugboat race in New York's East River ends in tragedy when one vessels bursts its boilers, killing four Crime/Disasters
Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour Campaigns/Elections
Abraham Lincoln speaks before the Cooper Union in New York City Campaigns/Elections
Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera Campaigns/Elections
Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour Campaigns/Elections
Actor Edwin Booth's celebrated New York City run in the role of Hamlet is commemorated. Education/Culture
Admiral Andrew Foote assigned to replace Admiral Dupont as head of South Atlantic Squadron Battles/Soldiers
Admiral Andrew Foote dies after a short illness at the Astor Hotel in New York City Battles/Soldiers
Admiral Dahlgren appointed to replace the ailing Admiral Foote as South Atlantic Squadron commander Battles/Soldiers
Albert Hicks, facing execution as the United States' last pirate, confesses to a spectacular life of crime Crime/Disasters
- Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, goes on trial for his life in New York city Crime/Disasters
Albert Hicks, the United States' last pirate, is hanged on Bedloe's Island in New York Bay Crime/Disasters
Alleged embezzlers, accused of defrauding the Phoenix Bank of up to $300,000 face a New York City Court Crime/Disasters
Almost three years in the building, the U.S.S. Dunderburg is finally launched into New York's East River Science/Technology
American bark sails from Buenos Aires to New York in thirty-six days, fastest on record Business/Industry
- American Bible Union holds its 10th Annual Conference in New York City Religion/Philosophy
American novelist and essayist Edith Wharton is born into a wealthy family in New York City Personal
American sailing ship sinks in North Atlantic and fifty-three passengers and crew drown Crime/Disasters
American sailing vessel capsizes during a gale and fifteen passengers and crew are lost Crime/Disasters
American ship burns at Liverpool hours before leaving for New York Crime/Disasters
An afternoon fire in New York City destroys businesses but no lives are lost Crime/Disasters
An American clipper-ship burns in the Pacific leaving her crew in boats thousands of miles from land. Crime/Disasters
An American emigrant ship is wrecked on the Irish coast with almost 400 lives lost Crime/Disasters
An exceptionally large and bright meteor streaks across the northern areas of the United States Science/Technology
An experimental survival raft arrives in Southampton Water after a forty-three Atlantic crossing from New York. Science/Technology
Another New York City tenement fire kills two women and eight children Crime/Disasters
Archbishop John Hughes is buried in a ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City Religion/Philosophy
As specie flows South, New York banks agree to work in concert to stabilize markets Business/Industry
Astor Place Riot in New York City Crime/Disasters
At a gala reception in New York City, thousands greet General Ulysses S. Grant and his family Education/Culture
At a Lincoln rally in New York City, Horace Greeley woos former Whig and American Party voters Campaigns/Elections
At a mass meeting in Tammany Hall, New York Democrats unite behind Stephen Douglas Campaigns/Elections
At Greenpoint, New York, John Ericsson lays the keel for his revolutionary ironclad Science/Technology
At Greenpoint, New York, John Ericsson's new ironclad is completed and turned over the the U.S. Navy. Science/Technology
At Margate on the English coast, a miniature sailing ship completes a remarkable Atlantic crossing. Business/Industry
At the Academy of Music in New York City, William Hanlon debuts his celebrated trapeze act Education/Culture
Atlantic packet returning from France sinks off Nova Scotia and nine seamen drown Crime/Disasters
Attempt to portray a live horse race in a stage play ends in disaster in New York City Education/Culture
Banks in New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia suspend payment in gold and silver Business/Industry
Bayard Taylor, the famous American travel writer, announces he will report exclusively for the New York Mercury Cultural
Biggest railroad merger to date takes place in New York Business/Industry
Burns Night, the birthday of Scottish poet Robert Burns celebrated around the globe Education/Culture
Captured blockade runner packed with munitions arrives in New York harbor as a U.S. Navy prize Battles/Soldiers
Carlotta De Berg, celebrated equestrienne circus performer, makes her American debut in New York City Education/Culture
Charles Dickens begins his live reading tour of the United States at the Steinway Hall in Boston. Education/Culture
Charles Dickens sails from Liverpool for his second visit to the United States. Education/Culture
Charles Goodyear dies a poor man in New York City Personal
Chartered steamship sails from New York City bound for Charleston and the resupply of Fort Sumter Battles/Soldiers
City Recorder John Thompson Hoffman, a Democrat, is elected the Mayor of New York City Campaigns/Elections
Clear but very cold weather grips most of the north-eastern United States Science/Technology
Clipper ship sails from New York to San Francisco in record time Business/Industry
Collision at sea sinks French steamer with significant loss of life Crime/Disasters
Colonel F.G. D'Ustassy of the 39th New York sentenced to a year in Sing Sing for fraud and embezzlement Crime/Disasters
Commercial vessel bound for New York sinks off Cape Hatteras Crime/Disasters
Commodore Perry dies at his home in New York City Personal
Complaints are made in the New York press over the condition of C.S.A. prisoners held in the city Battles/Soldiers
Congressman Daniel Sickles of New York murders Philip Barton Key in the street in Washington D.C. Crime/Disasters
Cooper Union founded in New York City Cultural
Cornelius Vanderbilt sets out in his yacht to circumnavigate the world Cultural
Cornelius Vanderbilt's North Star returns from its round the world journey Cultural
Daniel Decatur Emmett's "Dixie" premieres in New York City Education/Culture
Democrats celebrate "St. Hickory's Day" in honor of Andrew Jackson's victory at New Orleans Campaigns/Elections
Dickens enthusiasts queue overnight for live reading tickets for his second series of Boston live readings. Education/Culture
Dion Boucicault's controversial play about slavery opens at the Winter Garden Theater in New York City Slavery/Abolition
Diplomats from Tunisia on their way to Washington D.C. visit New York City US/the World
Discussing Italian current affairs, Archbishop Hughes of New York defends the Pope and the Papal States Religion/Philosophy
- Eighth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City Legal/Political
Eighty omnibus line horses die in massive New York City stable fire Crime/Disasters
Erasmus Beadle launches the era of inexpensive popular reading with his first "dime novel" Education/Culture
Ethel Beers publishes her poem "The Picket Guard" with its famous lines "All Quiet Along the Potomac" Education/Culture
Expedition to the Arctic sails from New York City Cultural
Famed courtesan and exotic dancer Lola Montez dies of pneumonia in New York City Education/Culture
Federal resupply ship for Fort Sumter fired on outside Charleston Harbor and forced to retreat Battles/Soldiers
Federal troops evacuated from Texas arrive in New York Harbor Battles/Soldiers
Federal troops sent to protect the U.S. Customs House in New York City Battles/Soldiers
Fight between elderly room-mates in the New York City Almshouse results in death Crime/Disasters
Figures show that there were more than five thousand bank failures in the United States between December 1856 and December 1857 Business/Industry
Fire causes heavy damage in lower New York City Crime/Disasters
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States departs for home from New York City US/the World
- First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States lavishly entertained in New York City US/the World
First Japanese diplomatic mission to the United States reaches home after a nine month absence US/the World
First public Bath and Wash House in the United States opens in New York City Cultural
First ship in regular service from New York to California via Cape Horn arrives in San Francisco Commercial
Five killed in Erie Railroad accident in upstate New York Crime/Disasters
- Fog and heavy rains afflict New York City and vicinity Crime/Disasters
Former Iowa Senator George W. Jones arrested in New York and imprisoned for suspected disloyalty Lawmaking/Litigating
Former Senator Preston King, Collector of the Port of New York commits suicide in New York Harbor Personal
Forty passengers and crew drown when a steamer wrecks off the coast of North Carolina Crime/Disasters
From his bench in New York City, U.S. District Court Judge David Smalley defines high treason Lawmaking/Litigating
Future leading American soprano Clara Louise Kellogg makes her operatic debut in New York City Education/Culture
General Winfield Scott sails for the Pacific NorthWest to head off the "Pig War" Legal/Political
George Luther Stearns, leading abolitionist and member of "the Secret Six' dies of pneumonia in New York City. Personal
Georgia seizes New York ships in reprisal for New York police confiscation of arms bound for Savannah Lawmaking/Litigating
German steamship bound from Hamburg to New York burns at sea with heavy loss of life Crime/Disasters
Gustavus Vasa Fox dies in New York City Personal
- Heavy snowstorm in New York City and across the north-eastern United States Crime/Disasters
Henry McCarty, alias William Bonney, alias "Billy the Kid," is born in New York City Personal
Hinton Helper's scheduled lecture postponed in New York City due to fears of mob action Campaigns/Elections
Horace Greeley arrives home in New York City after his tour of the West Education/Culture
Horace Greeley arrives in Denver on his tour of the West Cultural
Horace Greeley arrives in Kansas on his tour of the West Cultural
Horace Greeley arrives in Sacramento on his tour of the West Education/Culture
Horace Greeley establishes the New York Tribune Commercial
Horace Greeley sets off from New York on his tour of the West Cultural
Horace White dies in New York City Personal
Hundreds of passengers and crew have a lucky escape when their steamship burns in the Atlantic Crime/Disasters
In a fiery speech, Senator Sumner predicts slavery will one day die as "a poisoned rat dies in its hole" Slavery/Abolition
In a sermon, Archbishop Hughes of New York blames the Confederacy for the continued bloodshed Religion/Philosophy
In a spectacular and destructive fire, P.T. Barnum's American Museum burns to the ground in New York City Crime/Disasters
In an Atlantic hurricane, a passing ship rescues all the passengers and crew of a foundering vessel. Crime/Disasters
In baseball, Brooklyn Excelsior visits Maryland to play Baltimore Excelsior Education/Culture
In baseball, the new Alpine Club of New York plays its first game, and wins Education/Culture
In baseball, Union and Excelsior play one of the lowest scoring games on record, final score 7-4 Education/Culture
- In billiards, Michael Foley wins his much anticipated return match with Dudley Kavanaugh Education/Culture
In Camden, New Jersey, the Philadelphia Cricket Club best their New York counterparts in a day of cricket Education/Culture
In central Pennsylvania, the train carrying Stephen Foster's remains home to Pittsburgh derails Crime/Disasters
In cricket, the St. George's Club of New York City lose their first match of the season Education/Culture
In Manhattan, the Homeopathic Medical College of the State of New York graduates its first class Education/Culture
In New York baseball, good early innings allow Excelsior and Putnam to notch up easy wins Education/Culture
In New York baseball, the Atlantic and Mutual Clubs meet in Hoboken Education/Culture
In New York City elections, Independent Democrat C. Godfrey Gunther wins the mayor's race Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, "fire-eater" William L. Yancey of Alabama speaks at the Cooper Union Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, "General Butler" defeats "George M. Patchen" in a harness racing series worth $5000 Education/Culture
In New York City, 12,000 Republican "Wide-Awakes" march in a huge torch-lit night parade Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, a destructive fire cause heavy losses on the riverfront warehouse district Crime/Disasters
In New York City, a fire destroys a large commercial building and kills a teenage employee Crime/Disasters
In New York City, a large fire in a cotton warehouse kills one fireman and injures several others Crime/Disasters
In New York City, a late morning explosion shakes Greenwich Village Crime/Disasters
In New York City, a massive Douglas Democrat campaign barbecue draws tens of thousands Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, a massive fireworks display celebrates the Fourth of July Education/Culture
In New York City, an East Side fire burns for six hours and destroys twenty-five buildings Crime/Disasters
In New York City, an entire city block burns leaving forty families homeless Crime/Disasters
In New York City, an ornate banquet honors Cyrus Field and his Atlantic Cable. Science/Technology
In New York City, Columbia University holds its 109th Commencement Education/Culture
- In New York City, Confederate agents make an apparent but failed attempt to fire much of Manhattan Crime/Disasters
In New York City, continued upset over labor troubles with street cleaning spill over into violence Business/Industry
In New York City, crowds of Democrats gather outside Tammany Hall to hear the news of their defeat Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, enthusiastic crowds of Irish-Americans greet Fenian Leader James Stephens US/the World
In New York City, General Grant spends the afternoon at the racetrack Education/Culture
In New York City, Henry Bergh gives a public speech before leading citizens on animal rights Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, John Wilkes Booth performs with his brothers Edwin and Junius for the only time Education/Culture
In New York City, Mathew Brady's new photographic gallery on Broadway opens to the public Education/Culture
In New York City, mid-winter cold produces an ice bridge in the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Science/Technology
In New York City, prominent Catholic editor James A. McMaster arrested and his journal suspended Lawmaking/Litigating
In New York City, Republican "Wide Awakes" brawl with Bell supporters on Broadway Campaigns/Elections
In New York City, rival fire companies battle in the streets at a routine fire call Crime/Disasters
In New York City, Secretary of War Stanton's suspension of the draft and all recruiting is met with rejoicing Lawmaking/Litigating
In New York City, St. George's Episcopal Church is completely gutted in an afternoon fire Crime/Disasters
In New York City, St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, the oldest Catholic church in the city, is destroyed by fire. Crime/Disasters
In New York City, the Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first regular term Education/Culture
- In New York City, the English Rackets Champion wins an international match with leading U.S. player Frederick Foulkes. Education/Culture
In New York City, the press get a preview of Mathew Brady's new photographic gallery on Broadway Education/Culture
In New York CIty, the Seventh Regiment, New York National Guard hold a gala dress ball for its war veterans Education/Culture
In New York City, the Winter Garden Theater is destroyed by fire. Crime/Disasters
- In New York City, thousands of newly-bound books burn in a massive fire Crime/Disasters
In New York City, twenty-nine horses die in an overnight fire when their stable is destroyed Crime/Disasters
- In New York City, violent protests against the Draft Lottery develop swiftly into four days of deadly rioting Crime/Disasters
In New York City, William H. Seward says in a speech that disunion will be avoided Lawmaking/Litigating
In New York City's Bowery, the corner stone is set for new buildings for the Howard Mission and Home for Little Wanderers. Education/Culture
In New York Harbor, a U.S. Revenue cutter tests a new, safer boat lowering mechanism Science/Technology
In New York Harbor, convicted Confederate spy and New York City arsonist Captain Robert Cobb Kennedy is executed Battles/Soldiers
In New York Harbor, the first Great Ocean Yacht Race across the Atlantic begins. Education/Culture
In New York York's Central Park, the cornerstone of the Shakespeare Monument is dedicated Education/Culture
In New York, a brawl between two city inspectors turns deadly and one is shot to death Crime/Disasters
In New York, a clandestine prizefight on Ryker's Island ends in a sixty-one round draw Cultural
In New York, a Hudson River steamer breaks the record time from New York City to Poughkeesie Business/Industry
- In New York, a water main break cuts off much of the city's water supply for two days Crime/Disasters
In New York, an accident with a loaded experimental rifle slightly wounds General U.S. Grant Personal
In New York, famous horse-tamer John S. Rarey demonstrates his skills to packed Broadway crowds Education/Culture
In New York, Southern medical students enrolled in the city's schools meet to decide on their future Education/Culture
In New York, the giant steamship "Great Eastern" halves the price for a visit aboard to fifty cents Business/Industry
In New York's Bellevue Hospital, songwriter Stephen Foster dies suddenly, aged thirty-seven Personal
In New York's East River, a Brooklyn ferry burns but all aboard are saved. Crime/Disasters
In New York's East River, Blackwell Island Asylum celebrates new buildings with a ball for the patients Education/Culture
In the Caribbean, relief ships rescue passengers wrecked on a remote desert island the week before Crime/Disasters
In the previous seven days 390 people have died of various causes in New York City Education/Culture
In Union Square in New York City, the 20th U. S. C. T. receives its colors and departs for New Orleans Battles/Soldiers
Irish fishermen rescue fifteen survivors from wrecked American sailing ship Crime/Disasters
Jerry Bryant, leader of the famous Bryant's Minstrels, dies suddenly in New York City, aged thirty-two Education/Culture
Jew's Hospital of New York City incorporated Cultural
Jew's Hospital of New York City opens Cultural
John C. Heenan, "the Benicia Boy," departs for England to fight British champion Tom Sayers Cultural
John Ericsson's new ironclad is commissioned as the U.S.S. Monitor Science/Technology
John Ericsson's new ironclad is launched in New York Science/Technology
John Rogers finds no New York art dealer will display his new sculpture on slavery Slavery/Abolition
Just arrived in New York City, French billiard champion Claudius Berger gives his first American exhibition Education/Culture
Large gathering of leading New Yorkers demonstrate their support of Italian liberty US/the World
Large parade held in New York City in memory of the late Senator Broderick of California Education/Culture
Loaded passenger/cargo ship burns in New York's North River Crime/Disasters
Major Anderson and his command arrive in New York Harbor Battles/Soldiers
Major Anderson and his men evacuate Fort Sumter and sail for New York Battles/Soldiers
Mathew Brady photographs President Polk Education/Culture
Militia called out to ensure a peaceful mayoral election in New York City Campaigns/Elections
- Mob burns the New York State Quarantine buildings on Staten Island Crime/Disasters
Moncure Conway moves back to America, settles in New York City Personal
Moncure Conway moves back to New York City after his wife is diagnosed with cancer Personal
More than a thousand names are drawn in the resumed Draft Lottery in New York's Sixteenth Ward Lawmaking/Litigating
Mozart Hall Democrats nominate Fernando Wood for mayor of New York City Campaigns/Elections
Nation's first daily German language newspaper begins circulation in New York City Education/Culture
- National Convention of Seaman's Missions holds its annual meeting in New York City Religion/Philosophy
Near New York City, the desertion of an entire company from the New York Rifles ends in a firefight Battles/Soldiers
Near New York, the steamer "Isaac Newton" explodes and burns in the Hudson River, killing twelve Crime/Disasters
New tram tracks across Broadway cause heavy traffic disruption along New York City's main thoroughfare. Business/Industry
New York and New Yorkers worth $577,230,656.97 in 1860 say city Tax Commissioners Business/Industry
New York City banks suspend operations as financial panic sets in Business/Industry
New York City doctor arrested as an abortionist after the death of a married woman Crime/Disasters
New York City enjoys unseasonal and comfortable summer weather Education/Culture
New York City fire fought in a freezing gale kills one fireman and seriously injures another Crime/Disasters
New York City police crack down on dog-fighting establishments in the Fourth Precinct. Crime/Disasters
New York City police seize almost a thousand muskets bound for Alabama Business/Industry
New York City reports decline in new immigrants Settlers/Immigrants
New York City resident George Templeton Strong votes for Abraham Lincoln Campaigns/Elections
New York City sleigh-riders complain that the salting of Broadway is ruining their outings after the snow-storm Cultural
New York City tenement fire kills twenty people Crime/Disasters
New York City's Bellevue Hospital Medical College opens its first term Education/Culture
New York City's Committee on Streets meets to discuss a proposal that the city's telegraph lines be buried underground Business/Industry
New York City's editors meet to condemn infringements of the free press Campaigns/Elections
New York City's First Division, New York State Militia volunteers its services to state governor Battles/Soldiers
New York City's veterans of the War of 1812 meet and declare for Lincoln and the Republicans Campaigns/Elections
New York Clearing House Association founded in New York City Business/Industry
New York Episcopal Convention votes to reinstate Benjamin T. Onderdonk as Bishop Religion/Philosophy
New York Infirmary for Women and Children opens in New York City with a staff completely made up of women doctors Cultural
New York packet wrecked in a snowstorm on the New Jersey shore but all aboard are saved Crime/Disasters
New York Police round up hundreds of street beggars throughout the city Crime/Disasters
New York requires fire escapes on city tenement buildings Lawmaking/Litigating
New York's Musicians Protective Association meets to assess the progress of its current citywide strike Business/Industry
New York's Saint Patrick's Day Parade sees serious clashes between marchers and police. Crime/Disasters
New York's Society for the Relief of Widows and Orphans of Medical Men holds its eighteenth annual meeting Education/Culture
Newfoundland and New York linked by telegraph thanks to new cable under the Gulf of St. Lawrence Business/Industry
Ninth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City Women/Families
Off Cape Cod, Canadian Confederate sympathizers seize the American steamer "Chesapeake" US/the World
- Off New York City, naval engine designs compete in a race between the "Winooski" and the "Algonquin" Science/Technology
Official figures state cholera epidemic raging across the country has killed more than 10,000. Crime/Disasters
On a New York City street, the collision of a express train and a streetcar kills a young boy and injures others Crime/Disasters
On Fifth Avenue in New York City, the Delmonico Brothers open their third establishment Business/Industry
On Long Island, police battle large crowds to prevent an illegal prize fight Crime/Disasters
On the edge of the Bronx, the new Jerome Park Race Course opens with its first race meeting. Education/Culture
Outside New York City, two passenger trains on the Long Island Railroad collide head-on killing five people Crime/Disasters
Owen Lovejoy dies in New York City Personal
Owen Lovejoy speaks at an Emancipation League meeting in New York City Personal
Passenger steamer wrecks in the Caribbean, stranding hundreds on a remote desert island Crime/Disasters
Philadelphians gather to cheer a shipment of heavy cannon bound for the defenses of New York Harbor Campaigns/Elections
Pony Express plans to deliver mail from New York to San Francisco in nine days Business/Industry
President Andrew Johnson's "Swing Around the Circle" speaking tour travels across New Jersey to New York City. Campaigns/Elections
President Lincoln's remains arrive in New York City to lay in state at City Hall Personal
President Lincoln's remains depart New York City after a massive procession across the city Personal
- President Monroe goes home to Virginia Personal
- Prince Albert visits Philadelphia and attends the opera US/the World
Railroad and steamboat lines meet to coordinate Montreal-New York schedules Business/Industry
Real estate sales in New York City Business/Industry
Registration of those eligible under the Conscription Act begins in New York City Lawmaking/Litigating
Remarkable gathering of 100,000 New Yorkers in Union Square in support of suppressing the rebellion Campaigns/Elections
Rioters brutally beat, torture, and kill Colonel Henry F. O'Brian, commander of the 11th New York Volunteers Crime/Disasters
Rioters in New York City loot and burn the Colored Orphans' Asylum on Fifth Avenue Crime/Disasters
Rowland Hussey Macy opens his new New York City store for its first day of business and has takings of $11.06 Business/Industry
Royal Navy capture American-built slave ship "Sunny South" off Mozambique Slavery/Abolition
S.G. Goodrich, the famous "Peter Parley," author of hundreds of books for young adults dies in New York City Personal
Samuel Eli Cornish, pioneer black journalist and abolitionist, dies in Brooklyn Personal
Samuel Swartwout, the notorious former collector of customs at the Port of New York, dies Personal
Scaled down miniature sailing ship departs New York for a remarkable Atlantic crossing. Business/Industry
School for the physically disabled incorporated in New York City Education/Culture
School for the physically disabled opened in New York City Education/Culture
- Second annual meeting of the American Life Underwriter's Convention meets in New York City Business/Industry
Secretary Edwin Stanton intervenes to ensure African-American participation in New York's funeral procession Lawmaking/Litigating
Senator Seward of New York returns to the United States from Europe Legal/Political
Senator Seward sails for Europe on a mission to "recruit his health" and study "Old World" institutions US/the World
- Seventh National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City Legal/Political
Several Native American leaders of Far West tribes leave San Francisco for a trip to the East Lawmaking/Litigating
Slave ship captain Nathaniel Gordon executed in New York City as a pirate for slave trading Lawmaking/Litigating
Small passenger ship bound for New Haven sunk in early morning collision Crime/Disasters
Songwriter Stephen Foster is buried at the Allegheny Cemetery outside Pittsburgh Personal
Steamship bound for Glasgow from New York strikes an iceberg off of Newfoundland Crime/Disasters
Steamship packed with food bound for the northern English port of Liverpool sinks in a storm in mid-Atlantic Crime/Disasters
Steamship that struck an iceberg reaches port safely after a thirty-hour struggle Crime/Disasters
Stephen Douglas ends a three day visit to New York City and leaves for Philadelphia Legal/Political
Stone cutters working on the new Catholic Cathedral in New York City down tools Business/Industry
Street letter box patented in Philadelphia Commercial
Sudden freezing weather grips the north-eastern United States Crime/Disasters
Survivors of a shipwreck on the barren Florida coast endure several days of hardships before rescue Crime/Disasters
Suspected American slaveship returned under naval guard to New York Legal/Political
T.D. Rice, black-face minstrel originator of the "Jim Crow" character, dies in New York City Education/Culture
Tenement fire in New York City kills six people Crime/Disasters
- Tenth National Women's Rights Convention held in New York City Campaigns/Elections
Thanksgiving Day is celebrated across the country Religion/Philosophy
The "Quaker City" sails from New York on a five-month tour of Europe and the Holy Land, with Mark Twain as one of the tourists. Education/Culture
The 1866 shipment of "Mercer Girls" departs New York City for Washington Territory Settlers/Immigrants
The adjustable bustle patented in New York City Commercial
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is chartered in the New York Legislature Lawmaking/Litigating
The American Temperance Union holds its annual meeting in New York City Campaigns/Elections
The American Tract Society holds its 38th Annual Meeting in New York City Religion/Philosophy
The big Hudson River steamer "St. John" suffers a massive boiler explosion and fifteen people are killed Crime/Disasters
The Board of Delegates of American Israelites meets for the first time in New York City Religion/Philosophy
The British-born writer Henry William Herbert shoots himself in the Stevens House Hotel in New York City Personal
The captured blockade runner Albion arrives in New York Harbor under a prize crew from USS Penguin Battles/Soldiers
The corkscrew receives its first United States patent Science/Technology
The cornerstone of New York City's new Catholic cathedral, Saint Patrick's, is laid Religion/Philosophy
The first annual conference of the National Unitarian Church opened at the Atheneum in New York City Religion/Philosophy
The first Great Ocean Yacht Race across the Atlantic ends at the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. Education/Culture
The first International Caledonian Games in North America is under way in New York City Education/Culture
- The first public national billiards championship is held in New York City's Irving Hall Education/Culture
The first telegraph ticker to print words patented in New York City Science/Technology
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" causes a sensation on the New York Docks Science/Technology
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" opens for tours at the New York docks Business/Industry
The giant steamship "Great Eastern" sails from New York on an excursion to Cape May, New Jersey Business/Industry
The Governor of New York reacts to the emergence of naval ironclad warfare in Virginia Lawmaking/Litigating
The governors of Pennsylvania and New Jersey also react to the emergence of naval ironclad warfare Lawmaking/Litigating
The Italian Committee of New York visits Samuel Colt seeking arms for Garibaldi Business/Industry
The largest ship in the world arrives in New York after its first trans Atlantic voyage Business/Industry
The largest ship in the world sails for New York on its first trans Atlantic voyage Business/Industry
The military draft lottery resumes in New York City, more than a month after the Draft Riots Lawmaking/Litigating
The nation's first Jewish weekly periodical appears in New York City Education/Culture
The New York bound immigrant ship "William Nelson" burns in mid-ocean and hundreds are lost Crime/Disasters
The New York City fire department welcomes home the Second Regiment of Fire Zouaves Battles/Soldiers
The New York College of Veterinary Surgeons is incorporated Cultural
The New York Infimary for Women and Children is incorporated in New York City Cultural
The New York Insane Asylum on Blackwell's Island is destroyed by fire but no lives are lost Crime/Disasters
The New York steamship burns off Cape Hatteras and eleven aboard are killed. Crime/Disasters
The New York World begins publication in New York City Business/Industry
The New York Yacht Club holds its annual regatta around Manhattan Education/Culture
The New York Yacht Club holds its annual regatta off the coast of Long Island Education/Culture
The New York Yacht Club holds its sixteenth annual regatta Education/Culture
- The Prince of Wales spends three busy days in New York City US/the World
The Reformed Dutch Church holds its annual synod in New York City. Religion/Philosophy
The returned Senator Seward meets his New York City contituents Campaigns/Elections
The S.S. Great Eastern arrives back in Britain after her first trans-Atlantic voyage Business/Industry
The S.S. Great Eastern sails from New York for home after her first visit to the United States Business/Industry
The safety pin is patented in New York City Science/Technology
The thirty-sixth annual fair of the American Institute opens in New York City Education/Culture
The Union League of New York City hosts a massive reception for General Philip Sheridan. Battles/Soldiers
The United States Christian Commission is set up at a conference in New York City Religion/Philosophy
The wedding of Charles Stratton and Lavinia Warren in New York City makes headline news Education/Culture
Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City Personal
Thieves rob a New Haven Railway train express car as it rolls through the night to Boston Crime/Disasters
Three thousand pounds of gunpowder explodes at a cartridge factory on New York City's East River Crime/Disasters
- Tied to their docks in the New York's East River, two naval ships begin extensive boiler tests Science/Technology
Trinity Church is dedicated in New York City Religion/Philosophy
Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is buried with great ceremony in New York City Personal
Twenty-six year old Union General Frederic Winthrop is killed at the head of his men at Five Forks Battles/Soldiers
Two four-man crews race on the Hudson River for a national rowing championship and two thousand dollars Education/Culture
U.S. Navy captures American slave ship off the coast of Cuba with 507 African slaves aboard Slavery/Abolition
U.S. Navy captures New Orleans owned slave ship off the coast of Cuba Slavery/Abolition
U.S. Navy delivers captured American slave ship with 507 African slaves aboard to Key West, Florida Slavery/Abolition
U.S. Post Office opens its contract ocean mail mail service to Europe Business/Industry
Uncle Sam makes his appearance Cultural
Union officer and Irish Nationalist leader Michael Corcoran is buried in New York City Personal
Verdi's opera "Nabucco" has its United States premiere in New York City Education/Culture
Verdi's opera Rigoletto premieres in New York City Cultural
- Violent gales cause heavy damage in New York City and Philadelphia Crime/Disasters
Warrant issued for arrest of the New York City Postmaster after a $155,500 embezzlement discovered Lawmaking/Litigating
Washington D.C. suspends the draft in the riot-stricken city of New York Lawmaking/Litigating
Washington Irving dies at his home in Tarrytown, New York Personal
- West Washington Market in New York City suffers severe damage in a midnight fire Crime/Disasters
William H. Russell arrested in New York City for plundering more than $800,000 in Indian Trust Funds Crime/Disasters
With Republicans taking power in New Jersey, the New York Times announces the state's "Reconstruction" Campaigns/Elections
Women's Hospital of New York City opens Cultural
World's first women's hospital organized in New York City Cultural
Yiddish popular writer Shalom Aleichem born in the Ukraine Cultural
19th-Century Immigration
Know Nothings
Railroads
Residents in 1860
Birthplace of
Burial Place of
Name Type
Central Park, New York City, NY Location or Site
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY Location or Site
Cypress Hills National Cemetery, New York, NY Location or Site
Tammany Hall, East 14th Street, New York, NY Location or Site
Trinity Cemetery, New York, NY Location or Site
United States Pension Office, New York, NY Location or Site
Wall Street, New York, NY Location or Site
Woodlawn Cemetery, New York, NY Location or Site
Date Title
John James Audubon to Spencer Fullerton Baird, June 13, 1840
Boston (MA) Herald, “First Arrest under the New Fugitive Slave Bill,” September 30, 1850
New York Times, "Runaway Slave Found," October 28, 1852
Philadelphia Vigilance Committee Journal, April 3, 1853
John Henry Hill to William Still, October 4, 1853
John Henry Hill to William Still, January 19, 1854
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "Underground Operations," April 29, 1854
Jacob Bigelow (William Penn) to William Still, June 27, 1854
Louisville (KY) Journal, “Untitled,” April 20, 1855
Jacob Bigelow (William Penn) to William Still, November 10, 1855
N. R. Johnston to William Still, December 26, 1855
Hezekiah Hill to William Still, January 24, 1856
New York Herald, "Breakdown on the Underground Railroad," July 26, 1856
Henry James Morris to William Still, September 18, 1856
N. R. Johnston to William Still, December 18, 1856
John Hall to William Still, December 23, 1856
Washington (DC) National Era, "The Future Judged by the Past," January 1, 1857
New York Times, “The Tariff Bill,” January 16, 1857
New York Times, "The American Party," March 3, 1857
New York Times, “Tendencies Towards Free-Trade,” March 23, 1857
New York Times, “Man Overboard!,” March 31, 1857
New York National Anti-Slavery Standard, "The Chief Justice Insane!," April 11, 1857
New York Times, “Advertising Patronage and the ‘Irish’ Weekly Newspapers,” April 17, 1857
J. W. C. Pennington to William Still, May 24, 1854
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Southern Rights," May 27, 1857
New York Times, “Prize Essay on Slavery,” May 29, 1857
New York Times, “Republican Planks,” June 10, 1857
New York Times, “A Word for the School Children,” February 14, 1857
E. L. Stevens to William Still, July 13, 1857
New York Times, “A Fugitive Slave Excitement in Philadelphia,” July 29, 1857
New York Times, “Another Failure,” September 11, 1857
New York Times, “The Financial Panic,” September 14, 1857
New York Times, “Mormonism in the East,” September 19, 1857
New York Times, “Mormonism in the City Exploded,” September 21, 1857
New York Times, “Amusements,” October 14, 1857
New York Times, “The Hard Times in the City,” October 13, 1857
New York Times, “The Crisis at Last,” October 14, 1857
New York Times, “The American Panic,” October 14, 1857
New York Times, “The Hard Times in the City,” October 16, 1857
New York Times, “Suspension Terrors,” October 20, 1857
Washington (DC) National Era, “Collapse of Abolitionists,” October 22, 1857
James Gillespie Birney to Gerrit Smith, October 29, 1857
New York Times, “The Ballot-Box and the Bayonet,” October 30, 1857
Washington (DC) National Era, "Gen. Walker and the Administration," November 26, 1857
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Runaway Slave in Brooklyn, N.Y.,” December 9, 1857
New York Times, “A New York Slaver Arrived at Norfolk,” December 22, 1857
New York Herald, "The Approaching Conclusion of the Kansas Comedy," January 27, 1858
New York Herald, "Political Agitation in this Metropolis," Febraury 26, 1858
Louisa F. Jones to William Still, May 15, 1858
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, "The Underground Railroad," June 1, 1858
New York Times, “The New Orleans Committee,” June 5, 1858
New York Evangelist, "Embarkation of Missionaries," June 10, 1858
New York Times, "Insecurity of Railroads," June 10, 1858
New York Times, "The Blasting Disaster in Thirty-Seventh-Street," June 11, 1858
New York Times, "The Farce of Jury Trials," June 14, 1858
(Jackson) Mississippian State Gazette, "The Duty of Our Government," June 16, 1858
New York Times, "The Heat," June 28, 1858
New York Times, "Quarantine Affairs," June 30, 1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, "Hot Weather," July 2, 1858
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, "Woman's Rights," July 24, 1858
St. Louis (MO) Republican, “Let the Jubilee be General,” August 29, 1858
New York Times, “The Union Meeting at the Cooper Institute,” September 8, 1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Western Trade,” September 28, 1858
New York Times, “Delinquencies in the Custom House,” September 30, 1858
New York Times, “Fusion in the City,” October 4, 1858
New York Times, “New York in an Uproar,” October 21, 1858
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Sanitary Condition of New York,” October 26, 1858
New York Herald, "Election Eve," November 1, 1858
New York Times, “The Police Arrests for the Year,” November 18, 1858
New York Herald, “Mr. Douglas On His Travels,” November 28, 1858
Anne Lynch Botta to Henry Whitney Bellows, December 6, 1858
New York Times, “The President’s Weakness,” December 7, 1858
New York Times, “Senator Douglas and the City Government,” December 20, 1858
New York Times, “Sleeping Cars upon Railroads,” December 31, 1858
New York Times, “Starvation in New York,” January 1, 1859
New York Times, “Arrival of Senator Douglas in Philadelphia,” January 4, 1859
New York Herald, “Increase Without Improvement,” January 14, 1859
New York Times, “A Pitiful Nuisance,” January 20, 1859
New York Times, “Another Suspected Slaver,” January 21, 1859
New York Times, “An Armed Police,” February 3, 1859
Samuel Gridley Howe to John Murray Forbes, February 5, 1859
New York Times, "News By Telegraph," February 21, 1859
New York Times, “The Mint,” February 24, 1859
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Mortality in New York,” March 7, 1859
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “What is an ‘Outlaw?’,” March 29, 1859
New York Times, “Philadelphia Jealousy,” April 19, 1859
New York Times, “Disturbing Public Meeting,” May 14, 1859
New York Herald, “The Condition of the Streets,” May 15, 1859
New York Times, “Misplaced Zeal,” June 1, 1859
Memphis (TN) Appeal, “Sickles,” June 19, 1859
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Ho! for Niagara,” June 24, 1859
New York Times, “Albany and Richmond,” June 29, 1859
New York Times, “Douglas and Van Buren,” June 30, 1859
New York Herald, “The Game of Base Ball,” July 21, 1859
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Stage-Coach Travel Forty Years Ago,” July 22, 1859
New York Times, “The People in the Central Park,” August 1, 1859
New York Times, “The Slave Trade,” August 10, 1859
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “The Slave Trade at the North,” August 11, 1859
New York Herald,“Attempt of a Slave to Escape,” August 20, 1859
New York Times, “Breaking Up Rapidly,” September 12, 1859
New York Times, “The Fourth Ward Reading-Room,” September 26, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Another Filibuster Crusade,” October 4, 1859
Lowell (MA) Citizen & News, “Senator Broderick Killed in a Duel,” October 10, 1859
New York Herald, “Naval Officers and Their Uniform,” November 6, 1859
Boston (MA) Liberator, "Bad News for the Abolitionists," November 11, 1859
New York Herald, “A Suggestion to Governor Wise About Old Brown,” November 27, 1859
New York Herald, “Kit Carson Not Dead,” November 29, 1859
New York Times, “Sense from South America,” December 1, 1859
New York Herald, “The South and Southern Safety,” December 4, 1859
Abby Howland Woolsey to Eliza Newton Woolsey Howland, December 5, 1859
New York Herald, “The New York Herald in the South,” December 18, 1859
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “Capture of a Slaver with 300 Negroes,” December 20, 1859
New York Times, “Practical Secession,” December 21, 1859
New York Times, "Southern Students in New York," December 22, 1859
New York Times, "The Southern Medical Students," December 23, 1859
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Medical Students,” December 26, 1859
New York Herald, “Nomination of Gen. Scott by the New York Union Meeting,” December 27, 1859
New York Herald, “Forrest Divorce Case,” January 1, 1860
New York Herald, "The Underground Railroad and Its Victims," January 5, 1860
New York Herald, “The Runaway Slaves,” January 5, 1860
Greensboro (NC) Patriot, "Secession of the Medical Students," January 6, 1860
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “The Underground Railroad,” January 7, 1860
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “Another Grievance for Virginia,” January 11, 1860
New York Times, "The Exodus of Southern Medical Students," January 17, 1860
New York Herald, “The Brooklyn Police and Street Assaults,” January 22, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Harper’s Ferry Items,” January 30, 1860
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Tenement Houses,” February 8, 1860
Atchison (KS) Freedom’s Champion, “Thaddeus Hyatt,” February 11, 1860
New York Times, “The Post-Office and the Express,” February 13, 1860
New York Times, “Salt in the Streets,” February 20, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Buckeyes Swindled,” February 21, 1860
New York Herald, “The Senate and Messrs Hyatt and Howe,” February 25, 1860
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, March 4, 1860
New York Herald, “The Wild Sports of New York in Courts,” March 11, 1860
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Helperism," March 15, 1860
(Omaha) Nebraskian, “Monument to John Brown,” May 5, 1860
New York Herald, “Corruption in the United States Marshal’s Office,” May 6, 1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A Fool-hardy and Fatal Balloon Ascension,” May 12, 1860
New York Herald, “The Quarantine Question and the Approaching Summer,” May 13, 1860
New York Herald, “Activity of the African Slave Trade,” May 14, 1860
Milwaukee (WI) Sentinel, “The Slave Trade in New York,” May 17, 1860
New York Times, “A Douglas Demonstration in New York,” May 18, 1860
New York Herald, “Another Boiler Explosion,” May 20, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The Black Republican Nominees," May 21, 1860
Newark (OH) Advocate, “Abraham Lincoln,” June 1, 1860
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, June 18, 1860
New York Times, “The Scandal of ‘Tommy’,” June 22, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Douglas’ Saturday Night,” June 25, 1860
New York Herald, “The California Mails,” July 1, 1860
New York Herald, “The Recent Murders in the City,” July 3, 1860
Chicago (IL) Press and Tribune, “A New Picture of Lincoln,” July 9, 1860
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 11, 1860
John L. Scripps to Abraham Lincoln, July 17, 1860
New York Times, “Sanitary Condition of the City,” July 19, 1860
New York Herald, “Slaves in New York,” July 23, 1860
(Jackson) Mississippian, “Black Republicanism Defined,” July 25, 1860
New York Herald, “The Journey of the Prince of Wales,” August 7, 1860
New York Herald, “Our Weekly Bill of Mortality,” August 28, 1860
New York Herald, “Pennsylvania Politicians and New York Money,” September 2, 1860
New York Herald, “The Dreadful Steamboat Accident on Lake Michigan,” September 9, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Who Began It?,” September 21, 1860
New York Herald, “Campaign Documents,” September 30, 1860
New York Herald, “Brady's New National Photographic Gallery,” October 2, 1860
New York Times, “The Wide-Awake Parade,” October 3, 1860
Anonymous. “True Republicans” to Abraham Lincoln, Friday, October 12, 1860
New York Herald, “American Sensations During 1860,” October 21, 1860
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Prince and the Boston Ladies,” October 23, 1860
New York Herald, “The Demonstration on Tuesday Night,” October 25, 1860
New York Herald, “The New York Herald and the Disunion Question,” November 4, 1860
New York Herald, “Down With the Helper Treason,” November 6, 1860
Raleigh (NC) Standard, "Untitled," November 14, 1860
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "The U. S. Arsenal," November 15, 1860
Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, “Bad State of Affairs,” November 22, 1860
August Belmont to Herschel Johnson, November 22, 1860
August Belmont to William Sprague, December 6, 1860
New York Herald, “Our Burdens for the Winter,” December 10, 1860
Abraham Lincoln to Henry J. Raymond, December 18, 1860
Newark (OH) Advocate, "Suffering in New York," December 21, 1860
John Thompson to William Still, December 21, 1860
New York Herald, "Mobs in Northern Cities," December 23, 1860
Anna H. Richardson to William Still, December 28, 1860
New York Times, “Flight of a Great Criminal,” December 31, 1860
New York Times, “Honor to Major Anderson,” January 3, 1861
New York Herald, “Helper’s Lecture to Come Off,” January 13, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “A Lecture Postponed,” January 14, 1861
New York Times, “Aid For Disunion,” January 16, 1861
New York Times, “Rumored Invasion of the South,” January 25, 1861
C. A. to William Still, February 16, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Mayor Wood Lectures Lincoln,” February 25, 1861
New York Herald, “Old Abe Hung in Effigy in the Metropolis,” February 26, 1861
New York Times, “Reception of the Inaugural,” March 5, 1861
New York Herald, “Causes of Excessive Mortality in New York and Brooklyn,” March 10, 1861
New York Herald, “The New York Vessels Seized by the State of Georgia,” March 17, 1861
New York Times, “A Not Very Civil War,” March 23, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “Spirit of Washington Letters,” March 25, 1861
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Prospects of the Speedy Completion of the Pacific Telegraph,” March 27, 1861
San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “A Story of ‘Prince Bob’,” April 3, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Alarming News," April 11, 1861
Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 15, 1861
Proclamation by Mayor Fernando Wood of New York City, April 15, 1861
James Henderson to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861
Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 16, 1861
Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 17, 1861
John A. Andrew to George W. Brown, April 21, 1861
David D. Field to Abraham Lincoln, April 23, 1861
New York Times, “How to End the War,” April 24, 1861
Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 27, 1861
- C. P. Kirkland, Jr.’s Letter, April 27-28, 1861
New York Herald, “Protection to Southern Property in New York,” April 28, 1861
New York Times, “Arms for the Rebels,” May 1, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "What We Have To Expect," May 6, 1861
New York Herald, “English Opinions on American Affairs,” May 7, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Unfounded Complaints,” May 9, 1861
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Feat of the Zouaves,” May 11, 1861
Charleston (SC) Mercury, “Lying Dexterity,” May 14, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Help From England,” May 16, 1861
New York Herald, “Letters for the Army,” May 19, 1861
Savannah (GA) News, “Disinterested Black Republican Patriots,” May 22, 1861
Raleigh (NC) Register, “Signs of Distress,” June 5, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “Revival of the Sedition Law,” June 13, 1861
New York Times, “Famine Among the Confederates,” June 20, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “From the West,” June 24, 1861
New York Tribune, “Our Soldiers’ Families,” July 16, 1861
Edwin D. Morgan to Abraham Lincoln, July 23, 1861
John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, July 30, 1861
John P. Crawford to Abraham Lincoln, August 10, 1861
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Secession Organs in the North,” August 20, 1861
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “A Dismal Foreboding,” August 22, 1861
Boston (MA) Advertiser, “Naval Expeditions and the Press,” October 10, 1861
New York Herald, “The Pacific Telegraph Line,” October 21, 1861
Henry Bellows to William Seward, Report on Condition of Confederate prisoners in New York City, October 31, 1861
Captain W.H. Nelson of the Harvey Birch, Sworn protest at the November 19, 1861 destruction of his ship, November 22, 1861
Secretary William H. Seward to General Andrew Porter, Arrest Order for George Wallace Jones, December 19, 1861
New York Herald, "Settlement of the Trent Difficulty," December 29, 1861
Judge Samuel R. Betts, U.S. District Court, New York, Condemnation of Schooner Albion as Lawful Prize, January 22, 1862
New York National Anti-Slavery Standard, "Mr. Conway’s Lecture," February 8, 1862
Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 24, 1862, New York City
Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, Washington, DC, August 22, 1862
Mary Todd Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, November 2, 1862
Boston (MA) Liberator, "The Two Capitals," November 28, 1862
Thurlow Weed to Abraham Lincoln, Wednesday, March 4, 1865, Washington D.C.
New York Times, “A Word to Pennsylvania,” June 26, 1863
George D. Chenoweth to James W. Marshall, July 15, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to James Henry Hackett, August 17, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, September 21, 1863
Abraham Lincoln to James Henry Hackett, November 2, 1863
Abraham Lincoln, Speech at Great Central Sanitary Fair, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1864
Henry J. Raymond to Abraham Lincoln, August 22, 1864, New York City
Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.
Robert Cobb Kennedy, Confession of his efforts to fire New York City, given the day before his execution, March 24, 1865
Editorial, "The Fall of Richmond and Southern Feeling," New York Times, April 6, 1865
Editorial, "The Next Step," New York Times, April 7, 1865
"The President's Speech - The Question of Reconstruction," New York Times, April 13, 1865
"The Murder of President Lincoln," New York Times, April 16, 1865
Editorial, New York World, February 20, 1866
George William Curtis, "The Civil Rights Bill," Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 14, 1866, pp. 226-227.
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