A blog about Shakespeare, Civil War history, baseball and maybe even a bit of quantum mechanics now and again
From the Louisville Daily Journal, September 14, 1861 The undersigned is authorized to raise in Oldham and adjoining counties a company...
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, May 17, 1908 The Stars, considered to be a strong team of colored ball players, will play the...
It’s been said that three individuals have been the subject of more books than anyone else in history: Jesus Christ, Abraham Lincoln and...
From the Louisville Daily Courier, November 15, 1849 On the 13th Inst., by Rev. J. H. Linn, Mr. William P. Campbell to Mrs. Sarah J....
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 29, 1908 The Standard Giants, formerly known as the Rock City Unions, of Nashville, Tenn., a...
From the Louisville Daily Courier, February 1, 1853 Notice – The members of the Division are requested to be punctual in their attendance...
From the Louisville Courier-Journal, April 27, 1908 Louisville Giants 8, Indianapolis White Sox 3 The Louisville Giants, colored,[1] one...
From the Cincinnati Enquirer, March 13, 1853 WILLIAM G. HALPIN, (PRESENT CITY SURVEYOR), is a candidate for the office of City Civil...
From The Louisville Journal, September 10, 1861 NEW COMPANY – Our artistic friend I. B. Webster has been authorized to raise a company...
From The Louisville Journal, September 10, 1861 We invite attention to the Military Call which we publish this morning from Messrs. Pope,...
From the Harrisburg Telegraph, April 30, 1925 Visiting Player Real Vet “Pop” Lloyd, second baseman for the Bacharach Giants, is probably...
From The New York Age, September 12, 1925 John Henry Lloyd May Manage Lincoln Giants Next Season An unconfirmed rumor has it that John...
I’ve been asked where the unusual title of this blog comes from. Well, when I decided I wanted to put together a website for my non-legal...
From the Louisville Daily Journal, January 30, 1863 THE LATE COLONEL FORMAN To the Editors of the Louisville Journal: January 26, 1863...
From The Louisville Daily Journal, September 10, 1861 TO THE CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON, OLDHAM, HENRY, SPENCER, BULLITT, LARUE, NELSON,...
Enter Chorus.[1] Why Shakespeare? My Shakespeare project began in the aftermath of a health “challenge.” At the time, I’d written three...
Colonel James Brown Forman, the second son of Thomas Seabrooke Forman and Mary Ann Brown, was born on December 12, 1842, in Louisville,...
Colonel Curran Pope was born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 30, 1813, the fourth son of Worden Pope and Elizabeth Thruston. Following...