Lawyers

Blacksmith

Bell and Depew: Lawyers and Raconteurs [published July 13, 1884]

jpkntz May 9, 2024

Not long ago, within half an hour of...

arthur-chester

Gentlemanly Chester A. Arthur Defends Lizzie Jennings’ Right to Ride a Streetcar [published Sep. 23, 1883]

jpkntz April 15, 2024

About the time I came from England to...

horsecar

The First New York Horse Cart Railway; and the Court of Dover [published Jan. 8, 1882]

jpkntz March 2, 2024

Ridin’ in a horse car the other day...

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The Great Patent Office Jewel Robbery (Where Robbery Was Not the Object) [published Apr. 17, 1881]

jpkntz January 14, 2024

Many of my readers probably don’t know or...

swissmusicbox

Charles O’Conor’s Music Box [published June 1, 1884]

jpkntz January 3, 2024

The other day, when the last honors were...

jeffgds2

Militias Collide, Obliquely [published July 30, 1882]

jpkntz December 12, 2023

I have some previously mentioned on several occasions...

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Sam Tilden and the Cunningham-Burdell Murder [published Aug. 19, 1883]

jpkntz November 13, 2023

There has been some talk lately about Mr....

peoplesline

A Chance Meeting on a Hudson River Steamer [published July 22, 1883]

jpkntz November 9, 2023

Goin’ down to the People’s Line dock the...

bomb

Bristol Bill, One-Eyed Thompson, and One-Armed Drury

jpkntz November 2, 2023

I have already alluded in these sketches, I think,...

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How Aaron Burr Recovered a Lost Estate (and His Own Purpose) [published Nov. 27, 1881]

jpkntz October 18, 2023

The ups and downs of real estate in New...