where can i find a newspaper article?

Question

i need a newspaper article that i'll be able to relate to something we're learning in social studies. it doesn't have to be about anything we're learning just can relate to it. we're learning about stuff in the 1700s. links would be greatly appreciated :).

Answer 1

newspaper articles are usually found in newspapers and if you have never seen or heard of one just go here
http://nytimes.com/

Answer 2

Here is one for you...

Cavey immigration to the USA. I believe that family expansion and geographical movement is the knock on effect of historical events or economic pressures of the time, and that the researcher should study the history of the time concerned in order to gain the background in which the familiy had to live - and sometimes survive!

You mention 1800 as a staring point for english speaking Caveys arriving in the USA. (There were CAVE's identified in Virginia as early as Joe Cave setlling in St Cristophers, Virginia in 1635; but they are definitely a separate 'clan' and nothing to do with us; do not be tempted!). Researcher Charlotte Ericson has estimated that in 1790 about 60 % of the white population of the USA were of english and Welsh stock, 8 % Scottish, 6 % Scots/Irish and less than 4 % Southern Irish. The great Irish influx came of course during the Great Potato Famine of 1847-51, the major ports being Boston, New York and Quebec, so I agree with you that the Irish connection has little to commend it.

Your statement that the first Caveys settled in Baltimore around 1800 means that they paid their passage by sailing ship to a landfall which was now at peace, following the Treaty of Paris, Sept 3rd 1783. The only social pressure in England at the time was for agricultural workers. My own line of Caveys were suffering in rural Sussex, from the Enclosures Acts, the Poor Laws, and the slow increase f unemployement due to new mechanical drill and the horse-hoe, to be followed later by reapers, binders etc. My family stayed put, and survived. But in 1839, my 3 x Great Aunt, a blacksmiths daughter with 6 children took a free passage to New South Wales under the British Government Scheme for those who could provide a Testimonial of Good Character, setting up the first Caveys in Australia!

There were cells of Caveys in the IGI Index (Salt lake City) in the country districts around London from 1545 onwards, and in Hampshire and West Sussex from 1548 onwards, so any of these could have sialed from the Port of London or Southampton to America. Roman Catholics had been outlawed by Henry VIII when he split from the Church of Rome, so Protestantism was the norm. May I suggest that you contact the Society of Genealogists, London at http://www.sog.org.uk to find out if they can acces any Passenger Lists or other sources which could help you in your quest. My grasp of French history and economic pressures at this time is not good - I suggest you ask Jean-Luc for his assessment of possible sailings of Caveys from Cherburg or Le Harve - the ports closest to the Cavey cells in Normandy.

Happy Hunting!

Answer 3

Presidents" Day is

good opportunity to

look at their record

Presidents" Day has little of the meaning of the days it replaced. Over the years many holidays have been moved to Mondays to provide three-day weekends.

In the course of it all, two famous holidays for an older generation - Abraham Lincoln's birthday and George Washington's birthday - were combined into Presidents' Day aimed at honoring all presidents of the United States.

Those well known dates were Feb. 22, the birth of the Father of our County, George Washington, and Feb. 12, the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, remembered for his role in saving the Union.

Born Feb. 22, 1732, in Virginia, Washington was inaugurated at age 57, died at age 67 on Dec. 14, 1799, and is buried at his famous Mount Vernon Plantation in Virginia. He is the only president elected unanimously, receiving all 68 electoral votes.

Born Feb. 12, 1809, in Kentucky, Lincoln was inaugurated at age 52, died at age 56 on April 15, 1865, by assassination and is buried in Springfield, Illinois. At 6 feet 4 inches, he was the tallest of all our presidents. He was also the first president born outside the original 13 colonies.

In order to offer a little educational information we decided it would be interesting to look up some of the facts about our U.S. Presidents. We are indebted to the World Almanac for many of these facts.

Andrew Jackson of Tennessee was the first president born in a log cabin. He was born in 1767 in the Waxhaw District of North Carolina, south of the present Charlotte on the border of South Carolina. He died June 8, 1845, at the Hermitage Estate in Nashville where he is buried.

Another president considered from Tennessee, James Knox Polk, born Nov. 2, 1795, in Mecklenburg County, (Charlotte) North Carolina, died June 15, 1849, in Nashville where he is buried. He was the first to be photographed while in office. In a span for four years after serving as governor of Tennessee and four years as Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, he was twice defeated for governor, lost his own state in the 1844 presidential election but was elected the 11th president. The nation paid off its debt while he was in office.

The other president credited to Tennessee, Andrew Johnson, born Dec. 29, 1808 in Raleigh, North Carolina, was one of two presidents who served in Congress after serving as president. He served in the Senate while John Quincy Adams served in the House. Johnson died July 31, 1875, at Carter Station and is buried in Greeneville.

Shortest president was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches.

First president to be born a citizen of the United States was Martin Van Buren in 1782 in Kinderhook, New York.

Herbert Hoover, born in 1874 in Iowa, was the first president born west of the Mississippi River.

Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first president of all 50 states and was one of two who were graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The other was Ulysses S. Grant. Jimmy Carter is the only president to graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.

Ronald Reagan is the only president who headed a labor union. He was head of the Screen Actors Guild, 1947-52 and 1959-60. He died June 5, 2004 at 93, lived the longest of any president, at 69 he was the oldest ever elected president and was the only president born in Illinois, known as the Land of Lincoln. He was the only one who has been an actor and the first to have been divorced.

John Adams was the first president to live in the White House, 1800.

Theodore Roosevelt was the first to leave the continental United States while serving, visiting the Panama Canal to inspect construction work in 1906. Woodrow Wilson was the first to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

Rutherford B. Hayes was the first (1879) to have a telephone in the White House. Warren G. Harding was the first to address the nation on radio (1922).

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first to appear on television which occurred at the opening ceremonies for the 1939 World's Fair. Harry S. Truman was the first to speak from the White House on television (1947). John F. Kennedy was the first to give a live televised news conference (1961).

Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a Ph.D. He received a doctorate in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 1886.

Two bachelors were elected president. James Buchanan never married. Grover Cleveland married in the White House in 1886.

William Howard Taft is the only president to also serve as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Eight presidents died while in office, four of whom were assassinated. Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and Kennedy were assassinated. The others who died in office were William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried in Washington, D. C. He was interred at the Washington National Cathedral.

The only left-handed presidents were Garfield, Hoover, Truman, Gerald Ford, Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Clinton was the first president born from the "Baby Boomer" generation.

Impeachment proceedings were initiated against three presidents. Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton were acquitted, Richard Nixon resigned before the full House could vote on impeaching (trying) him.

Currently, there are 12 Presidential Libraries:

Herbert Hoover in West Branch, Iowa.

Franklin D. Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York.

Harry S. Truman in Independence, Missouri.

Dwight D. Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Boston, Massachusetts.

Lyndon Baines Johnson in Austin, Texas.

Richard Nixon in Yorba Linda, California.

Gerald R. Ford in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Jimmy Carter in Atlanta, Georgia.

Ronald Reagan in Simi Valley, California.

George H. W. Bush in College Station, Texas.

William J. Clinton in Little Rock, Arkansas.

George W. Bush

That may be more than you care to know about former presidents of our great nation but it may provide some insight to what Presidents' Day is all about.