The M.S.B.

Heritage Newspaper Collection 

 Pre 1900 's pictures, audio and video

King Louis XV1 Executed     03/10/1775 Battle of Quebec   03/09/1776 Battle of Sullivan’s Island 08/24/1776 Battle of Saratoga 12/01/1777 Bonhomme Richard/Serapis 1779 The Crisis 1X - Surrender of Charleston  06/29/1780 Cornwallis Surrenders to Washington 12/18/1781 Treaty of Peace  1783 Constitutional Convention Approves Constitution  1787 Death of Benjamin Franklin  06/01/1790 Marie Antoinette Beheaded  03/06/1794 John Adams Declared President  1797 George Washington Death    02/01/1800 Louisiana Purchase Treaty   11/02/1803 Hamilton-Burr Duel  07/25/1804 Thom. Jefferson Electoral Election  02/28/1805 Battle of Trafalgar 12/26/1805 The Mermaid 11/20/1809 USS Constitution vs. Guerriere  09/05/1812 James Madison Elected President 12/03/1812 Battle of Lake Erie 09/25/1813 Napoleon Abdicates/Elba Exile 1814 Battle of New Orleans     02/09/1815 Treaty of Ghent 02/21/1815 Battle of Waterloo 08/25/1815 James Monroe Elected President  02/21/1817 Death of Napoleon Bonoparte   08/27/1821  Death of President John Adams 07/10/1826 J. Adams/T. Jefferson Dead   07/15/1826 President James Monroe Death  07/23/1831 Death of Charles Carroll  12/19/1832 Texas Declaration of Independence  04/08/1836 Battle of San Jacinto  05/25/1836 Queen Victoria Coronation  08/07/1838 James Knox Polk Elected 11/24/1844 The Death of General Jackson  06/18/1845 Declaration of War with Mexico 05/21/1846 Death of President John Q. Adams 03/04/1848 Zachary Taylor Elected President  11/11/1848 Death of President James K. Polk  06/21/1849 Death of President Taylor 07/16/1850 Election of General Franklin Pierce  11/02/1852 Charge of the Light Brigade    11/27/1854 Harpers Ferry Outbreak     10/21/1859 John Brown Hanged 12/06/1859 Lincoln Elected President 11/10/1860 Inauguration of President Lincoln 03/05/1861 War Begun 04/13/1861 Confederate Constitution/ J. Davis Elected  02/11/1861 Serious Naval Conflict – Monitor/Merrimac 03/12/1862 Martin Van Buren Death 08/09/1862 Battle of Antietam  09/18/1862 Battle of Gettysburg   07/06/1863 Election of Abraham Lincoln   (The Independent) 11/10/1864 The Elections (Lincoln)  11/10/1864 Capture of Savannah   12/26/1864 Freedom Triumphant (13th Amendment) 02/03/1865 Union Victory - Peace 04/10/1865 Our Loss, Death of the President 04/16/1865 J.W. Booth Killed 05/13/1865 Jeff Davis Captured 05/15/1865 President Lincoln Assassination 05/20/1865 Lincoln Conspirators Executed 07/22/1865 Andrew Johnson Impeachment Acquittal 05/18/1868 The Late Robert E. Lee 10/14/1870 Desolation Of Chicago 10/10/1871 President Andrew Johnson Dead 08/01/1875 Custer's Death 07/08/1876 Death of Billy the Kid  07/19/1881