Simply enter the word you wish to find and the search engine will search for every instance of the word in the journals. For example: Fight. All instances of the use of the word fight will show up on the results page.
Using an asterisk (*) will increase the odds of finding the results you are seeking. For example: Fight*. The search results will display every instance of fight, fights, fighting, etc. More than one wildcard may be used. For example: *ricar*. This search will return most references to the Aricara tribe, including Ricara, Ricares, Aricaris, Ricaries, Ricaree, Ricareis, and Ricarra. Using a question mark (?) instead of an asterisk (*) will allow you to search for a single character. For example, r?n will find all instances of ran and run, but will not find rain or ruin.
Searches are not case sensitive. For example: george will come up with the same results as George.
Searching for a specific phrase may help narrow down the results. Rather long phrases are no problem. For example: "This white pudding we all esteem".
Because of the creative spellings used by the journalists, it may be necessary to try your search multiple times. For example: P?ro*. This search brings up numerous variant spellings of the French word pirogue, "a large dugout canoe or open boat." Searching for P?*r*og?* will bring up other variant spellings. Searching for canoe or boat also may be helpful.
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Year, Month, & Day | Single day |
Year & Month | Whole month |
Year | Whole year |
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Day | 1600-01-# to 2100-12-# |
Title | Date (not before) | Date (not after) |
Torquato Tasso | 1859 | 1892 |
Abraham Lincoln | 1865 | 1865 |
Mem. The Saturday | 1867 | 1891 |
The Oregonese | 1870 | 1891 |
Elias Hicks Contemporaries | 1870 | 1891 |
The Fair Pilot of Loch Uribol | 1872 | 1892 |
for Mulleins | 1876 | 1876 |
Mrs. Siddons as Lady Macbeth | 1878 | 1892 |
Walt Whitman Sarnia | 1880 | 1880 |
earliest spring wild flowers | 1881 | 1892 |
Montaigne says | 1883 | 1891 |
The Poet Laureate as Philosopher and Peer | 1884 | 1892 |
More Books | 1884 | 1892 |
73 Specimen Days | 1884 | 1892 |
Don't forget the Lincoln Essay | 1885 | 1892 |
Of all the western stars | 1885 | 1892 |
Carlyle's words | 1888 | 1891 |
Louis XIV | 1889 | 1889 |
Old Fellows | 1889 | 1891 |
The Tragedies of Euripedes | 1889 | 1889 |
The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires | 1890 | 1892 |
track gangs | 1890 | 1893 |
Typical American Canoes at the Annual Meet in Peconic Bay | 1890 | 1892 |
Books of WW | 1890 | 1892 |
Settlers and Indian Battles | ||
Cultural Geography Scrapbook |