Archive - Historical Notions

Crime and the Press in the 19th Century

Jul 29, 2021

June 2021

Or, That Time When Risking Total Obliteration Was Supposed to Keep us Safe

Jun 25, 2021

May 2021

Surprises from the United Workers of Norwich (CT)

May 29, 2021

This is April's newsletter (really).

May 8, 2021

March 2021

A while back, I ran across the item-level inventory of Benjamin Douglas’s library in his 1775 probate record. It included no fewer than 60 titles, many…

Mar 21, 2021

February 2021

Historical Notions #3

Feb 14, 2021

November 2020

An item from my collection.

Nov 16, 2020

October 2020

Greetings, patient subscribers! No doubt many of you have forgotten you subscribed at all. A few may be puzzled to receive this from Substack; you…

Oct 17, 2020

June 2019

Being some ramblings about a Civil War letter and a World War II photograph

Jun 2, 2019

May 2019

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May 18, 2019

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