Tag Archives: American revolution

tea time

Posted on December 16, 2023 by SUMPTER

150 years ago this week people commemorated the centennial of the Boston Tea Party. According to the January 3, 1874 issue of Harper’s Weekly, one of the celebrations incorporated a contemporary political issue – women’s rights: THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY. On … Continue reading →

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reading the reasons

Posted on July 9, 2020 by SUMPTER

On July 2, 1776 the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia voted for independence from Great Britain. On July 4th the Congress agreed to the words in the written Declaration. July 8th was a “great day of celebration” in Philadelphia as … Continue reading →

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new American revolution?

Posted on July 25, 2015 by SUMPTER

In a long 1777 letter to the Committee of Secret Correspondence Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, American Commissioners in Paris, wrote the following optimistic assessment of Europe’s regard for America and its rebel cause: Tyranny is so generally established in … Continue reading →

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civil war

Posted on March 26, 2014 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a Southern newspaper looked to the American Revolutionary War to find a general who knew the polite way to wage a war of subjugation. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch March 26, 1864: Two extracts from revolutionary … Continue reading →

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a little less “gigantic Power”

Posted on July 23, 2013 by SUMPTER

The Mississippi might be basically under Federal control now, but the Richmond press can still celebrate signs of rebel life out west. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch July 22, 1863: Destruction of a Federal gunboat by a torpedo. A dispatch … Continue reading →

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patriotic rags

Posted on April 24, 2013 by SUMPTER

and earn a good (Confederate) dollar 150 years ago this week a Richmond newspaper was offering top dollar for the material necessary for its publication. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch April 22, 1863: Rags! Rags!! Rags!!! –The highest market price … Continue reading →

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Great Find!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by SUMPTER

Talk about being on Cloud Nine – a paragraph from 150 years ago involving the two wars and an exciting find. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch September 23, 1861: A genuine Relic of the Revolution. –We are informed that not … Continue reading →

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