Abraham Lincoln’s Lyceum Address in Springfield, IL
As one of Abraham Lincoln’s earliest published speeches, this address has been much scrutinized and debated by historians, who see broad implications for his later …
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Florence Nightingale, at Age 17, Felt that God Spoke to Her, Calling Her to Future “Service.” The Rest is History!
Florence Nightingale did not think herself deeply religious and never thought she became so. But, on February 7, 1837, when she was scarcely 17 years …
The Battle of Gonzales Begins the Texas Battle for Independence: “Come and Take It”
On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking …
The Great Moon Hoax: The NY Sun Begins Publishing Fake News Articles About Lunar Creatures
The Great Moon Hoax, as it has become known, was published in the New York Sun over several days in the summer of 1835. It claimed to …
The Liberty Bell is Cracked at the Funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall who Usurped the Constitution with the God-like Power of “Judicial Review”
The most common story is that the Liberty Bell cracked July 8, 1835, while being rung at the funeral of Chief Justice John Marshall, perhaps …
Andrew Jackson’s Message to the Seminoles
My Children: I am sorry to have heard that you have been listening to bad counsel. You know me, and you know that I would …
Slavery Abolition Act: Slavery Abolished in the British Empire
On 3 August 1835, somewhere in the City of London, two of Europe’s most famous bankers came to an agreement with the chancellor of the …
Benjamin Franklin Begins Publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack
Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath.[4] Franklin published the first Poor Richard’s …
Honoré Daumier’s ‘Gargantua’ Censored
In this controversial lithograph, which was to be published in Charles Philipon’s newspaper La Caricature on December 16, 1831, Daumier depicted the corpulent monarch Louis-Philippe seated …
The Indian Removal Act of 1830
“Removal” of the Native people east of the Mississippi to lands in the west as a policy of the United States originated with Thomas Jefferson, …