July 1, 1875 to July 30, 1875

  1. Professorship at The University

    Date(s): July 25, 1875 Location: ORANGE, Virginia Tag(s): Economy, Education 

    Ambition ran high for distinguished men of wealthy Virginia families. For these men, there were relatively few jobs besides running a plantation that were suitable for those in their station. One of these jobs was to be a professor at a prestigious university. On July 25th, 1875, John Jaquelin Ambler wrote his brother from Lynchburg about an open professorship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,...

  2. Professorship at The University

    Date(s): July 25, 1875 Location: ORANGE, Vermont Tag(s): Education 

    Ambition ran high for distinguished men of wealthy Virginia families. For these men, there were relatively few jobs besides running a plantation that were suitable for those in their station. One of these jobs was to be a professor at a prestigious university. On July 25th, 1875, John Jaquelin Ambler wrote his brother from Lynchburg about an open professorship at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville,...

  3. Reconciliation: Nathan Bedford Forrest's Speech to Southern African Americans

    Date(s): July 5, 1875 Location: Shelby County, Tennessee Tag(s): Equality, Reconstruction 

    On July 5, 1875, Lou Lewis, a former slave, approached former Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest with a bouquet of flowers while on stage at the Independent Order of Pole-Bearers Association’s fair in Memphis, Tennessee. The Pole-Bearers Association consisted of formerly enslaved people and in some ways preceded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The bouquet...

  4. Manufacturing in post-War Mississippi

    Date(s): July 1875 Location: ADAMS, Mississippi Tag(s): Agriculture, Economy, Race-Relations 

    Did we learn anything from the War? The Natchez Weekly Democrat, a local newspaper located in Natchez, Mississippi, asked this question of its readers in more polite terms. In July, 1875, the newspaper lamented the lack of economic development in the form of manufacturing over the previous years in the surrounding area. Southerners in all parts of the former Confederacy were aware that...

  5. Women's Inheritance Rights

    Date(s): July 1, 1875 to 1875 Location: ALBEMARLE, Virginia Tag(s): Agriculture, Law, Women 

    In July 1875, Judith Page Rives wrote her last will and testament in which she left two thirds of her twelve hundred acres to her son Alfred and four hundred acres to her daughter Ella. She also gave Ella all of her jewelry and clothing, including a diamond brooch valued at 14,000 dollars. Mrs. Rives also left Ella her stocks. If Ella never married, Mrs. Rives wished for her to live with one of...