History in the Raw (The bare facts of history that you don't get to read very often)

My name is Jack Stanley, I have studied history for many years. This blog is about history in a more raw view, not over done. I often use original materials to bring a historic event or story to life or an interview I may have done with the person mentioned. If you cook a vegetable too long it loses much. The same can be said of many histories. They are the history of the history written before it. Over done history. THIS IS HISTORY IN THE RAW. Comments send to phonograph78@hotmail.com

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The first biography of John Paul Jones. Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle July-November 1816

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John Paul Jones The Analectic Magazine and Naval Chronicle was an important magazine to express many of the issues of the day. It shared muc...
Monday, March 01, 2010

September 4, 1882 The day downtown Manhattan was lit for the first time by Thomas Edison's light bulb.

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On September 4, 1882 Thomas Alva Edison pulled a switch at the world's first commercial DC electrical distribution plant and the area ar...
Sunday, February 28, 2010

The Hotel Knickerbocker on Broadway and 42nd Street.

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The Knickerbocker Hotel was built by the legendary millionaire John Jacob Astor the forth (1864-1912) in 1904. It was one of his many hotels...
Friday, February 26, 2010

Remembering my friend Ray Stone on the 65th anniversary of the battle of Iwo Jima

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It was my honor to know Ray. He was a gentleman, singer, actor, and a survivor of the battle of Iwo Jima. Ray rarely talked about the event...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Postage Currency from the Civil War 1862-1863 . All produced in New York City

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This early issue was produced in the North (In NYC) during the civil war sometime between August 1862 through May of 1863. They were to use...
Sunday, February 07, 2010

The other President that was buried in NYC. James Monroe (1758-1831) 5th President of the United States. Removed from NYC's Marble Cemetery in 1858

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Today in New York City, there is but one Presidental grave, that of President Grant. But in the past, New York has been the resting place fo...
Monday, February 01, 2010

Original menu for dining in New York's Greenwich Village hot spot ..The Pepper Pot 1929

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New York's Greenwich Village was a place to be in the later days of the 1920's. The Pepper Pot was one of those places to see and to...
Friday, January 22, 2010

Scotch, wine, gin, cider and moonshine and the White House

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You know many of our Presidents drank. Some were real boozers. I figured I would write a very short bit on the ones who were moderate to hea...
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