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Photo of the ironclad Baron DeKalb.
Posted inMaritime & Naval History US Civil War

August 3, 1863 – Admiral Porter Makes The Two Ends Meet

WASHINGTON, July 1.—Rear Admiral Porter, in a communication to the Navy Department, says that he is not sure of raising the DeKalb, and cannot yet ascertain her injuries. All the…
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Illustrated portrait of opera singer Giovanni Battista Rubini
Posted inCulture & Society

Opera, Jealousy, And Knives In The Dark

RUBINI.— At Palermo (while still under engagements to Barbaja, the Neapolitan manager) he was the hero of an adventure nearly as romantic, but not so tragical, as the celebrated story…
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