Popular Spotlights by historylady

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Quotations about war, ca. WWII

Source WWII Foreign Military Studies, 1945-54

Created 22 Dec 2008 - 20 views this week (73 total)

$1 million worth of stolen jewels

Source Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial

Created 11 Jul 2008 - 16 views this week (296 total)

Marshall's fees, including transportion and housing of the Amistad Africans

Source Amistad - Federal court records

Created 22 Oct 2007 - 15 views this week (1,229 total)

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Relationships at Castle "Friedrichs-Hof"

Source Hesse Crown Jewels Court-Martial

Created 24 Nov 2008 - 11 views this week (93 total)

Front page typo!

Source News - The Atlanta Constitution

Created 06 Apr 2008 - 10 views this week (1,080 total)

D-Day Finally Comes on June 6th After Long Period of Expectancy

Source News - Mouse River Journal (ND)

Created 06 Jun 2008 - 10 views this week (264 total)

"Indian Indignities" in what becomes Oklahoma.

Source News - The Thomas Tribune (OK)

Created 17 Jul 2008 - 9 views this week (172 total)

Was it an honor to drop a widow from the pension rolls due to death?

Source Civil War "Widows' Pensions"

Created 15 Oct 2008 - 8 views this week (367 total)

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Grinnell Family of New Bedford, MA, 1898

Source City Directories - Misc

Created 01 Apr 2008 - 6 views this week (511 total)

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, corrected birth record. Unknown date.

Source Cuyahoga County Birth Returns (OH)

Created 12 Sep 2008 - 6 views this week (131 total)

Queen of Spain's royal order relative to the slave trade, 2d Nov. 1838

Source Amistad - Federal court records

Created 22 Oct 2007 - 5 views this week (842 total)

No guns needed to shoot down German balloons

Source WWI Military Cablegrams - AEF and War Dept

Created 16 Nov 2007 - 5 views this week (458 total)

Paris in tumult, reported in 15 July 1789 edition.

Source News - London Times

Created 20 Nov 2007 - 5 views this week (568 total)

Soldiers with dog on deck of the "Monitor"

Source Brady Civil War Photos

Created 02 Apr 2008 - 5 views this week (580 total)

Jerry Janeway, Delhi, California

Source News - The Delhi Express (CA)

Created 03 Apr 2008 - 5 views this week (437 total)

Full Victory! D-Day statement, June 6, 1944

Source American Milestone Documents

Created 06 Jun 2008 - 5 views this week (307 total)

Bad puns are timeless

Source News - Vineyard Gazette (Edgartown MA)

Created 22 Sep 2008 - 5 views this week (125 total)

Did you lose your mast?

Source News - Vineyard Gazette (Edgartown MA)

Created 22 Sep 2008 - 5 views this week (1,593 total)

The names of the 36 African slaves found aboard the Amistad.

Source Amistad - Federal court records

Created 22 Oct 2007 - 4 views this week (539 total)

Utah woman caught voting in 1874.

Source Utah Territorial Case Files

Created 08 Nov 2007 - 4 views this week (1,256 total)

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