The magazine of history with notes and queries (Vol. I, No. 2)
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THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY
WITH NOTES AND QUERIES
Vol. I FEBRUARY No. 2
Copyright, 1905, by William Abbatt.
Private LORENZO DOW THOMPSON. The wrestler who threw Captain Abraham Lincoln. From original owned by Henry Cadle, Esq., Bethany, Mo.
JONATHAN MOORE. The referee of the match. From photo owned by his son, Col. R. M. Moore. San Antonio, Texas.
THE MAGAZINE OF HISTORY
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CONTENTS
SOME POPULAR MYTHS OF AMERICAN HISTORY
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
THE BOSTON MASSACRE
COMMITTEES OF CORRESPONDENCE
“THE BOSTON TEA-PARTY”
THE MINUTE MEN
THE EFFICIENCY OF THE NEW ENGLAND TROOPS
WEEMS’ “LIFE OF WASHINGTON.”
EARLY MENTION OF EVENTS AND PLACES IN THE CHAMPLAIN VALLEY.
I
II
III
LINCOLN.
THE STORY OF A CELEBRATED CONTEST
SIDE-LIGHTS ON CAROLINA HISTORY
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
INDIAN AGRICULTURE IN SOUTHERN WISCONSIN
THE AUTHENTICITY OF CARVER’S “TRAVELS”
OLD FORT GEORGE, ON THE BATTERY, NEW YORK CITY
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS
A WAR LETTER OF WALT WHITMAN
LETTER OF LINCOLN, DECLINING AN OFFER OF OFFICE
SOCIETIES
THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
RHODE ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NOTES AND QUERIES
MINOR TOPICS
THE DEATH OF WALTER N. BUTLER
GENEALOGICAL
FARRAR FAMILY MEMORANDA.
REPLIES.
BOOK NOTICES
BOOKS WANTED
ARNOLD’S EXPEDITION TO QUEBEC
ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR 1905
