In 1848, socialist imaginaries had less influence than their nationalist ... some pre-dating the revolution and others emerging in its aftermath, sent fraternal letters to the provisional government: ...

In 1848, Seneca Falls was the site of the first Women's Rights Convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and others. Women fought for and finally achieved the right to vote ...

We just watched the final fulfillment of a 50 year plan. Louis Powell laid it out in 1971, and every step along the way ...

Kerouac may claim the title of Lowell’s “native son,” but plenty of other writers left their mark here, including Poe, who visited multiple times between 1848 ... In a letter to a relative ...

State of the Union On the East Coast newspapers first published accounts of the gold discovery in mid-summer 1848. Skeptical editors downplayed the notion, despite letters from California like the ...

She would have sense but for her wretched health which is getting rapidly worse from her irrational mode of living. [letter continues on a separate sheet in the Berg Collection at the New York Public ...

In a believing mood I don’t doubt either of them. After I had read it I went on to the top of Mt. Victoria & looked for a ship to carry a letter to you. There was a little thing with one mast, & also ...

Between 1738 and 1848, 20,966 babies were left in the wheel ... The wife waited patiently on the balcony each day for his ...