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QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Know Nothing Election of 1855 in Onancock, Virginia Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

QUOTE OF THE DAY: The Know Nothing Election of 1855 in Onancock, Virginia

Election day is coming up on Tuesday, and folks seem to be pretty excited and upset on both sides of the aisle. It was like that back during the Know Nothing election of 1855, too. John Sergeant Wise was a child then, living along Onancock Creek on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He would have been 11 or 12 during that gubernatorial election campaign, which…
October 28, 2018
Onancock Creek on Virginia's Eastern Shore
QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No more beautiful spot for a dwelling can be found anywhere,” 1860s Quote of the DayWay Back Machine

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “No more beautiful spot for a dwelling can be found anywhere,” 1860s

John Sergeant Wise spent much of his 19th-century childhood along Onancock Creek on the Eastern Shore, in Accomack County, Virginia. Later, he would grow up and become a politician, lawyer, and writer whose work took him to Richmond, Washington, D.C., and New York City, among other places. This is from his 1899 memoir, The End of an Era. Wise was born in 1844, and the…
December 3, 2017