New York, NY

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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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    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
    Residents in 1860
    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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