Post War Newspapers
Information from Newspapers published after the Civil War

This category collects together articles from Richmond newspapers after the Civil War. Here you will find many articles on various subjects, arranged chronologically, as well as by paper. Entire newspapers have not been transcribed, only articles chosen at the discretion of the site's historian. All the articles from all of the post-Civil War Richmond newspapers are under this main category "Post-War Newspapers". You can use the "Title Filter" search box above the article list to find a particular date (yyyy-mm-dd).

1901-06-05, Richmond Times; sales notice for the Van Lew property – includes very detailed description of the house and grounds
1901-06-09, Richmond Times; Van Lew mansion will be auctioned tomorrow in pursuance of a court decree to settle the affairs of the estate
1901-06-11, Richmond Times; Van Lew property not sold – highest bid for the whole property was $12,100, and trustees decided not to sell for that price – J. A. Reynolds was the high bidder. An attempt was made to sell just the house, but that too resulted
1901-06-16, Richmond Times; The Virginia Club may buy the Van Lew home for a club house
1901-06-19, Richmond Times; No disposition of the Van Lew property –the Virginia Club is meeting to debate purchasing it
1901-06-21, Richmond Times; Harris Hobart, one of the Libby Prison tunnel escapees, is 89, and has run for the Governorship of Wisconsin twice
1901-06-25, Richmond Times; very descriptive article about the sale of the Van Lew mansion to the Virginia Club – plans for the house and grounds detailed. Club hopes to move in in two months
1901-07-07, Richmond Times; Virginia Club turns over the Van Lew property to J. S. Moore as a holding action
1901-07-12, Richmond Times; Van Lew property transferred to J. S. Moore, instead of the Virginia Club
1901-07-18; Richmond Times; description of the grounds of the Van Lew property and the Virginia Club’s plans for them – when they bought it, it was “like an untouched woodland”

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