Writers and Editors

Irving_Washington

Anecdotes on Washington Irving [published Apr. 1, 1883]

jpkntz December 23, 2023

I believe in birthdays. I have just been...

Wright_Fanny

Fanny and Sylvia Wright, Free Thinkers [published Dec. 3, 1882]

jpkntz December 18, 2023

Passing the Hoffman House recently, and lookin’ at...

matsell_george

A Know Nothing Riot Averted [published Mar. 19, 1882]

jpkntz December 7, 2023

Passin’ across City Hall Square not long ago,...

dickenswriting

Mitchell of the Olympic Welcomes Charles Dickens [published Jan. 2, 1881]

jpkntz November 23, 2023

Talkin’ about public opinion, as they call it,...

mitchell_maggie

Maggie Mitchell’s Source of Fame and Fortune [published Jul7 27, 1884]

jpkntz November 16, 2023

I went down to Long Branch the other...

burtonasaminadabsleek

Two Haunted House Sensations of New York [published Dec. 11, 1881]

jpkntz November 4, 2023

Of course, I don’t believe in ghosts or...

mendueling

Frank Forester’s Ignoble Duels [published June 4, 1882]

jpkntz September 21, 2023

There has been a good deal of talk...

kellogg_clara

Millionaires’ Songbirds…and Marryatt [published Dec. 25, 1881]

jpkntz September 21, 2023

The recent death of Col. Stebbins, who brought...

downingmajorjack-fictional

Strange History of an Unconventional Family [published June 14, 1885]

jpkntz September 12, 2023

Some thirty-five years ago a family by the...

richmondhilltheatre

Horace Greeley’s Actress Infatuation [published Feb. 26, 1882]

jpkntz September 8, 2023

People who knew Horace Greeley, and people who...