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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/1/1862; Miss Minerva Meredith (future bread rioter) has endured a combined
verbal assault – her character is attested to by local police; Mayor Mayo
referred to as “his royal rotundity” |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/3/1863; list of alleged bread
rioters that were arrested are are being examined by the Mayor today |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; editorial regarding the
recent bread riot |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/4/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases, including
Mary Jackson and Dr. Thomas M. Palmer, surgeon at the Florida Hospital (GH#11) |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/6/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/7/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/7/1863; account of the
arraignment of Thomas Palmer, Surgeon at the Florida Hospital; J. H.
Gilmer and G. W. Randolph are the accused's legal counsel |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/7/1863; details on the case of Dr. Palmer,
arrested for defying the Governor and the Mayor, during the Bread Riot. |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/8/1863; account of the trials of
several of the bread rioters, great details on individual cases |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; denial by Martha Goode
that she is one of the bread rioters - claims someone is using her name |
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Richmond
Examiner |
4/9/1863; more cases at the Mayor's
Court from the Bread Riot |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/14/1863; two men arrested during the Bread
Riot are charged with felonies - speculation over whether City is liable for
damage done during the riot |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/15/1863; another female rioter sent on,
charged with a felony |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/16/1863; 3 people (including Mary Jackson)
remanded to be tried for felonies for their roles in the Bread Riot - 1 man
acquitted of the same |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/18/1863; another Bread Rioter sent on for
felony |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/24/1863; Mary Jackson and Mary Johnson, Bread
Rioters, seek bail |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/29/1863; two more rioters charged with
felonies |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/2/1863; Mary Duke has been
charged with being involved in the Bread Riot |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/4/1863; Frances Kelley sent on to
trial for being engaged in the bread riot |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
5/6/1863; more riot cases, including Dr. Thos.
Palmer |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
5/8/1863; description of the trials
of several bread rioters, including Thomas Palmer, surgeon at the Florida
Hospital (GH#11) |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
5/9/1863; more riot cases - Thomas Palmer
discharged |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
7/17/1863; Mary Jackson, ringleader of the
Bread Riot, is to be tried with misdemeanor |
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Richmond
Whig |
1/16/1864; description of pardons
handed out by Governor Smith, including several participants in the bread
riot |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
12/16/1888; "Our Richmond Mobs;"
details on the Bread Riot, the evacuation mob, and others |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
12/30/1888; wonderful accounts of the Bread
Riot in Richmond- focuses on the question of whether President Davis
helped quell the mob; testimony from Letcher and others |
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Richmond
Dispatch |
1/20/1889; more on the Bread Riot, again
focusing on the roles President Davis and Governor Letcher played in
quelling the riot |
Kimball, William J. "The Bread Riot in Richmond." Civil War
History 7 (Sept. 1961), pp. 149-154.
Chesson, Michael. "Harlots or Heroines?: A New Look at the Richmond
Bread Riot," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 92
(April 1984): 131-75.
