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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 →

“Monument Unveiled: Fifteenth Ward’s Tribute to Service Men” (1919)

MONUMENT UNVEILED — FIFTEENTH WARD’S TRIBUTE TO SERVICE MEN. — Two Thousand Attend Impressive Exercises in Lansingburgh—Tablet on Granite Base in Front of Unitarian Church—Memorials for Families of Dead Heroes—Speech of Secretary of State—Letters From Generals Pershing and O’Ryan. The… Continue Reading →

Lansingburgh and World War I honor rolls

LANSINGBURGH. — Flag With Eleven Stars Dedicated at First Methodist Church—Addresses by Former Pastor and District Attorney—Other News of the Section. The First Methodist Church at 5 o’clock yesterday afternoon contained a large audience at the service flag presentation, which… Continue Reading →

Lawyer Samuel W. Gibson (abt 1859-1919) and the United Colored Republican Club

Samuel W. Gibson, admitted to the bar in Troy, Friday, is the first colored lawyer in Rensselaer county. “State News.” Watertown Daily Times. January 30, 1882: 2 col 3. Among the strangers who have been in our midst, […] Samuel… Continue Reading →

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