Politicians

Kelly_John2

Honest John Kelly’s Early Pugnatiousness [published May 24, 1885]

jpkntz November 5, 2023

Everybody knows everythin’ about John Kelly as a...

burr_aaron_young

The Intrigues of Miss Moncrieffe [published Dec. 2, 1883]

jpkntz October 27, 2023

It is curious, but from all that I...

Clay_Henry

Henry Clay’s Last Campaign, Death, and Funeral [published May 28, 1882]

jpkntz October 25, 2023

Recently I mentioned Louis Kossuth, and described his...

BUrr-Aaron-1

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...

stpatricks

How Cardinal McCloskey Boosted the Tammany Boss [published Oct. 11, 1885]

jpkntz September 29, 2023

Of all the prelates of the Roman Catholic...

Clapp_Henry_2

How a Hundred Dollar Loan To a Lovesick Frenchman Changed World History [published Feb. 4, 1883]

jpkntz September 13, 2023

The death of Gambetta, and the talk in...

nativeamericans

The Fourteenth Ward: Better Elections Through Brawling [published Oct. 4, 1885]

jpkntz August 24, 2023

At this period in the political canvass, when...

shakespearetavern

Stories of the Shakespeare Tavern [published Sep. 24, 1882]

jpkntz July 31, 2023

Passin’ the southwest corner of Fulton and Nassau...

americu2

Hijinks at the Americus Club [published May 3, 1885]

jpkntz July 25, 2023

I lately came across Andrew Jackson Plumb, the...

walshowl

Mike Walsh and the Owl [published Jan. 22, 1882]

jpkntz July 21, 2023

One of the old time famous resorts for...