At merrycoz.org,
a hurrah for years ending in 3
The U.S. capitol gets its cornerstone; those who believe that some people can be bought & sold get a cornerstone Fugitive Slave Act passed; & American literature for children gets
its cornerstone, with the birth of Samuel Griswold Goodrich.
The U.S. gets a new geographic cornerstone, as it absorbs the Louisiana Territory; & Samuel Goodrich learns history from a veteran of the American Revolution.
Ezra Sampson implies to young readers that a cornerstone of prehistoric biology might eat them if it could; Samuel Goodrich remakes himself through education; & Harriet Jacobs, whose
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl will stun generations, is born.
A cornerstone of many Americans’ memories of Christmas begins its life as a publishing phenomenon; Samuel Goodrich remembers neighbor Sarah Bishop; & John Dunn Hunter’s memoirs of his life among the Osage begins its own publishing history.
Samuel Goodrich begins his first magazine for children; & some Americans are so terrified by the
Leonid meteor shower that they fear they’re seeing the last night of the world.
- Peter Parley's Story of the Little Gardener, Samuel Griswold Goodrich
- “Prospectus,” (Parley’s Magazine, March)
- “To the Public” (Parley’s Magazine, March)
- “The Terrified Sailors” (Parley’s Magazine, March)
- “Silent Companion” (Parley’s Magazine, March)
- “Caspar Hauser” (Parley’s Magazine, March)
- “The Little Wood-Cutter” (Parley’s Magazine, April)
- “Narrow Escape from a Bear” (Parley’s Magazine, April)
- “I'd be a Butterfly” (Parley’s Magazine, May)
- “Mr. Durant” (Parley’s Magazine, September)
- “For My Youngest Readers” (Parley’s Magazine, September)
Parley’s Magazine speculates about the beginnings of the world;
Robert Merry’s Museum uses John Dunn Hunter’s beginnings as inspiration for a serial; & Millerites believe that the world is ending (didn’t we just do this in 1833?).
A
really great comet appears (here’s hoping we’re as lucky with the great comet of 2013); the U.S. starts its volatile trade relationship with Japan; Eliza Leslie starts to school Americans on their manners; & Fanny Fern starts her career as a book writer.
- Great comet visible
- Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio, “Fanny Fern”
- The Behaviour Book, Eliza Leslie
- “Children and Children’s Parties,” S.B.S.
- “Physical Education of Children”
- “Early Culture of Children,” G.M.J.
- “Clothing for Girls,” G.M.J.
- “Conversation. To Young Ladies”
- “Love of Nature”
- “Henry Sanford’s Teacher,” by Eliza A. Chase (The Student, May)
- “Riddle,” by Samuel Goodrich (Robert Merry’s Museum, June)
- Review of Fern Leaves from Fanny’s Portfolio (The Student, September)
- “Placing a Daughter at School,” Motte Hall (The Student, November)
- “Novel Reading” (The Western Gem)
- “Negro Songs--American Music,” by Ser. Longley (Western Gem, October)
- “Letters About Geology,” by “Professor Pickaxe” (The Student,)
The year begins with freedom for all, as the Emancipation Proclamation takes effect; Black Elk begins his journey on the earth; & Gail Hamilton begins a career as the author of popular books.
- The Good Scholar
- Gala Days, “Gail Hamilton”
- “Blessings of Work,” by Julia E. McConaughy (Robert Merry’s Museum, May)
- “Our Heroic Dead” (The Student & Schoolmate, February)
- editorial from “The Teacher's Desk” (The Student & Schoolmate, February)
- “To the Boy Who Will Be President of the United States A. D. 1900,” by Samuel Wilson (Robert Merry’s Museum, April)
- “Independence Day” (Robert Merry’s Museum, July)
- “Working Girls” (Robert Merry’s Museum, October)
- “Gardening for Ladies” (Robert Merry’s Museum, November)
- “Dreaming and Doing,” by Mrs. N. McConaughy (Robert Merry’s Museum, December)
Copyright 2013, Pat Pflieger