In 1864, an umarried man of 29, N. W. Bassett ( Nehemiah W. Bassett) left Hudson and went south to work for the U.S. Army. He reports on camp life in Chattanooga, Tennessee. His connection to Hillsdale College is unknown and how this journal...
President Franklin Pierce in the Center, Commerce on the right, Ceres on the left
This railroad paper money was circulated by The Erie and Kalamazoo Railroad Bank. It was chartered in March 1835 by the Michigan Legislative Council. It was established during the free banking era - when lots of scandals and cheats were setting up...
The Amphictyon Society was a male literary society founded in 1857 at Hillsdale College. This is the first issue of a literary journal published by the society. Contributions were anonymous.