Politics
Information about politics in Richmond, VA during the Civil War.

Written Accounts

1887-07-02, Washington (D. C.) Critic; President says Elizabeth Van Lew’s demotion to clerk in the dead letter office in Washington will be fully investigated
1887-07-06, New York Tribune; letter to the editor expressing disgust at the reduction of Miss Van Lew in her position at the Washington post office
1887-07-08, Richmond Dispatch; Miss Van Lew has returned to Richmond on leave after having her position reduced, and while President Cleveland reviews her case – reprints editorial explaining her case, and urging that she simply be given a pension rather
1887-07-09, Lancaster (Pa.) Daily Intelligencer; critical explanation of Miss Van Lew’s reduction in position – says she possessed “few qualities of usefulness”
1887-07-16, Maysville (Ky.) Daily Evening Bulletin; Miss Van Lew is vacationing in Richmond for the summer – she is in good humor and gives a politically pointed quote
1887-07-28, Washington (D. C.) Critic; Miss Van Lew has resigned her position in the Washington Post Office
1887-07-30, Omaha (Neb.) Daily Bee; claim that Miss Van Lew’s demotion and subsequent resignation is blamed on “unreconstructed rebels in the postoffice department”
1888-02-11, Richmond Dispatch; Libby Prison sale is going forward. Includes testimony from John Latouche, former adjutant at Libby Prison, as well as criticism and praise from Chicago-area newspapers.
1888-04-14, Richmond Dispatch; editorial lamenting the move of Libby to Chicago – interesting argument in favor of it staying along tourist and racial lines. Also expresses concern that the removal, if timed to coincide with the opening of the Republican
1888-05-27, Richmond Times; obituary of Franklin Stearns

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