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1866-02-26, Richmond Examiner; more on the “Ferrets” and Horace L. Kent (of Kent, Paine & Co.) – reprints a letter from him showing his disgust with the Confederacy. Examiner deals with him sarcastically and harshly
1866-04-20, Richmond Examiner; Castle Thunder is being repaired to become a tobacco factory again. Libby Prison is “partly transformed into a grocery and commission house.”
1872-03-27, Richmond Daily State Journal; article extolling the virtues of the Watt Plow
1877-07, Scribner's Monthly, July 1877; "Richmond Since the War" - good material on Tredegar Iron Works, Belle Isle, Libby Prison, Oakwood Cemetery, and Capital Square
1884-04-27, Richmond Dispatch; Gaines Mill property and buildings are up for auction
1888-12-30, Richmond Dispatch; wonderful accounts of the Bread Riot in Richmond- focuses on the question of whether President Davis helped quell the mob; testimony from Letcher and others
1889-01-20, Richmond Dispatch; more on the Bread Riot, again focusing on the roles President Davis and Governor Letcher played in quelling the riot
1899-08-03, National Tribune; "A Union Man in Richmond" part three of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond immediately following secession.
1899-08-17, National Tribune; “A Union Man in Richmond;” part five of serial account. Describes the scene in Richmond in early to mid-1863. Mentions hedonistic activity at the Exchange, Ballard and Spotswood hotels; prostitution and gambling flourishing
1922-07-09, Richmond Times-Dispatch; recollection of Richmond in the 1870s. Chimborazo buildings still present, details on people, industry, newspapers, churches and politics
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