http://raglinen.com Rag Linen | Online Museum and Educational Archive of Rare and Historic Newspapers Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:57:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://raglinen.com/2010/01/31/the-deaths-of-john-adams-and-thomas-jefferson/ http://raglinen.com/2010/01/31/the-deaths-of-john-adams-and-thomas-jefferson/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:23:21 +0000 raglinen http://raglinen.com/?p=1883 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died only hours apart on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.  One of the best newspaper reports covering their deaths was the July 15, 1826 Niles’ Weekly Register, which also included biographical backgrounds and respects for each.  Here are the first few pages from that issue:

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