by Ethan Shonk | May 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Boston Newsletter was the first published newspaper in British North America. It was founded by postmaster John Campbell in Boston, Massachusetts, and the first edition was posted on April 24, 1704. The Boston Newsletter was a single sheet of paper, printed on...
by Rubens Titus | May 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
I am choosing the oral speech given by Massachusetts’ Senator Daniel Webster in defense of the Union and in response to South Carolina’s Senator Robert Hayne on January 26th and 27th, 1830, his second reply to Senator Hayne, in particular the section thereof subtitled...
by Devon Schermerhorn | Jan 25, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the 1974 novel, Ragtime, by E. L. Doctorow, there was an incident that included the death of an African American woman that I feel showed a perfect example of the discrimination and prejudice majority of white Americans had at that time regarding African Americans....
by Vincent Carrillo | Dec 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The piece I chose is titled The Fall of Richmond, Virginia, on the Night of April 2nd, 1865. It was created in 1865 by Currier and Ives. The painting is a recreation that depicts one of the final moments in the history of the Civil War. The Confederate army...