William Jennings Bryan, circa 1896, detail

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William Jennings Bryan, Democratic party presidential candidate, three-quarter length view standing on stage next to American flag
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William Jennings Bryan, circa 1896

Scanned by
Library of Congress
Notes
Cropped, sized, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, January 6, 2010.
Image type
photograph
Use in Day View?
No
Courtesy of
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
Permission to use?
Public
Original caption
William Jennings Bryan, Democratic party presidential candidate, three-quarter length view standing on stage next to American flag
Source citation
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress

Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 295.
PLAQUEMINE PARISH, situated at the southeast extremity of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, including the main embouchure of the Mississippi. Area, 2,500 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil, where arable, fertile. Seat of justice, Fort Jackson. Pop. in 1810 1,549; in 1820, 2,354; in 1830, 4,489; in 1840, 5,060; in 1850, 7,390.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 384-385.
WEST FELICIANA PARISH, situated on the north boundary of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 600 square miles. Face of the country, undulating, subsiding into a plain toward the Mississippi. Seat of justice, St. Francisville. Pop. in 1830, 8,629; in 1840, 10,910; in 1850, 13,245.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

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Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 383.
WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, situated in the central part of Louisiana, with Mississippi river on the east and the Red on the west. Area, 700 square miles. Face of the country, level; soil fertile, but mostly subject to inundation. Seat of justice, West Baton Rouge. Pop. in 1820, 2,335; in 1830, 3,084; in 1840, 4,638; in 1850, 6,270.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Sir William Napier, Peninsula War general and distinguished military historian, dies in London

British general and author Sir William Napier died at his home in Clapham Park, London aged seventy-four.  Napier had served in the Peninsula War and after his retirement wrote a multi-volume history of the campaign.  He went on to write on other campaigns and at his death was considered the most distinguished military historian Britain had produced so far.  (By John Osborne) 
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Orleans Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 277.
ORLEANS PARISH, situated in the southeast part of Louisiana, with Lake Pontchartrain on the northwest, Lake Borgne on the southeast, and Mississippi river on the southwest. Area, 160 square miles. Face of the country flat and marshy. Seat of justice, New Orleans. Pop. in 1810, 24,552; in 1820, 41,351; in 1830, 49,826; in 1840, 102,193; in 1850, 119,461.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....

Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)

Gazetteer/Almanac
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 240.
NATCHITOCHES PARISH, situated in the westerly part of Louisiana, and traversed by Red river. Area, 4000 square miles. Face of the country generally hilly; soil barren, except along Red river. Beat of justice, Natchitoches. Pop. in 1810, 2,870; in 1820, 7,486; in 1830, 7,905; in 1840, 14,350; in 1850, 14,201.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States....
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