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RICHMOND, Virginia in the 1880s: 1 through 4 of 4

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  1. Defending Honor---Ready, Aim, Fire
    date June 8, 1880map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Crime/Violence, Law

    Dissatisfied with local politics, editor of the Richmond Whig and secretary of the Virginia Commonwealth, William C. Elam, publicly criticized the Virginia Democratic Party in an article titled "Political Poems." Insinuating the party had simply shed the name of the old Conservatives and portrayed themselves as Democrats, Elam blatantly insulted every Virginia leader since 1860. Upon reading...

  2. Industrial Disparity Between the North and South
    date 1882map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Economy, Migration/Transportation, Science/Technology

    In 1882 the Richmond Enquirer wrote an article about John D. Rockefeller who "combined [his] disparate companies, spread across dozens of states, under a single group of trustees," creating the Standard Oil trust. The article, which appeared towards the back of the paper, was very short and contains only the very basics about the consolidation. It is hardly what one would expect, considering that it...

  3. The New Teacher's Institute
    date October 21, 1886map RICHMOND, Virginiatags Church/Religious-Activity, Education, Race-Relations, Women

    In Warsaw, Superintendent Robert Hall called a meeting for the new teachers of the Northern Neck Peninsula. The teachers needed to talk about the best way to educate the hundreds of students entering the new public school system. Reverend A. B. Kinsolving opened the session by leading prayers. Mr. Hall began the discussion by encouraging the teachers to express their candid views on each topic covered...

  4. Southern Ladies
    date June 12, 1889map RICHMOND, Virginiatags African-Americans, Arts/Leisure, Slavery, Women

    In an 1889 letter to her close friend, Mrs. Hannah Weisiger described her late mother as "one of the noblest & dearest women on earth...so much good...yet so humble...of her good deeds." Throughout the nineteenth century, Southern women were idealized as the moral compass of the family, supposedly gentle and noble in deeds. Even in the latter part of the century, values firmly rooted in the pre-Civil...