Jerry (O'Neill) Bryant, circa 1860, detail

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, February 6, 2011.
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Jerry Bryant
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Billy Rose Theatre Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
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Original image at NYPLDigitalGallery

In New Jersey, the state capital Trenton elects its first Republican mayor

The municipal elections in Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey, resulted in a government divided between the two main parties.  Iron manufacturer William R. McKean was elected the first ever Republican mayor of the city while Democrats succeeded in the ward and city council elections.  McKean served till 1863 when a Democrat Franklin S. Mills was elected fro a second time.  McKean died in June1864, aged 62. 
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Atlantic packet returning from France sinks off Nova Scotia and nine seamen drown

The 797 ton, 148 foot American square-rigger St. Nicholas had been built in New York in 1841 to sail the packet route of the Boyd and Hincken Company between New York and Le Havre in France.  Sailing from Le Havre on March 14, 1861, the vessel was wrecked on Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia.  Of the 23 people aboard, the captain and eight crewmen were lost and fourteen others rescued.  (By John Osborne) 
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“A Sucking Nelson,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, May 13, 1861

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, December 18, 2010.
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document
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Civil War Era Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Yes
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A Sucking Nelson
Source citation
“A Sucking Nelson,” Charleston (SC) Mercury, May 13, 1861, p. 1: 3.
Source note
Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

“Impotent Rage,” Boston (MA) Advertiser, May 27, 1861

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, December 18, 2010.
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document
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No
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19th Century U.S. Newspapers (Gale)
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Yes
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Impotent Rage
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“Impotent Rage,” Boston (MA) Advertiser, May 27, 1861, p. 2: 2.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

“The Feeling in Alabama,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, May 6, 1861

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, December 18, 2010.
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document
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No
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The Feeling in Alabama - Insecurity to Slave Property
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“The Feeling in Alabama - Insecurity to Slave Property,” Cleveland (OH) Herald, May 6, 1861, p. 2: 1.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.

“Arms for the Rebels,” New York Times, May 1, 1861

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Cropped, edited, and prepared for use here by Don Sailer, Dickinson College, December 18, 2010.
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document
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No
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Historical Newspapers (ProQuest)
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Yes
Original caption
Arms for the Rebels
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“Arms for the Rebels,” New York Times, May 1, 1861, p. 4: 3.
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Original image has been adjusted here for presentation purposes.
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