At the Herman Melville House

Tag 1891

Herman Melville in Prison: Captive and other audiences

Some prison libraries, it appears, didn’t need the “‘Melville Revival’ of the 1920s” to tell them that Melville was worth reading; likewise for military, school, college and university libraries (and, not represented much here yet: private, public and club libraries)…. Continue Reading →

Wing Sing (abt 1856-1892?)

—Wing Sing, an experienced laundryman from Cohoes, has opened a Chinese laundry at No. 628 Second avenue, this village, and invites all who want first-class work done at low prices to give him a call. Lansingburgh Courier. October 9, 1890:… Continue Reading →

Halloween in the 1890s

City Notes. […] —A beautiful bird’s-eye view of Lansingburgh has been completed by the Burleigh lithographic company of this city. The map is in three sections, and every house in the village is shown. It is a well-executed piece of… Continue Reading →

Lansingburgh’s Notable Dogs and Cats (1891)

Very few residents of the ‘Burgh know how many noted dogs and cats are owned here. Prominently among them is Mr. McMillan’s thoroughbred black and tan bitch “Dot.” We begin with “Dot” because she is the smallest of the lot…. Continue Reading →

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