History Bytes: Slavery and Lotteries

February 9, 2012

  Above: Lottery tickets printed in 1785, probably on the Franklin Press and signed by Samuel Vernon III. They were issued by the Second ...

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History Bytes: Valentines

February 7, 2012

Embossed, paper lace Valentine greeting cards first appeared in England around 1803 and became more popular with advances in printing and manufacturing. By the ...

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Newport Gardner letter

February 3, 2012

The Newport Historical Society has an extensive collection of documents about Newport’s early history. Today the Society acquired a very important letter that further ...

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