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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 Whig |
4/7/1863; extremely
interesting details of Dr. Palmer and his arrest during the bread riot. He
is arraigned for felony, but sent on for misdemeanor. Excellent testimonial,
signed by S. R. Mallory among others, giving important biographical details.
Palmer was represented by Geo. W. Randolph and John Gilmer. |
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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 Whig |
4/14/1863; two bread
rioters, Mary Johnson and Virgil Jones, are to be tried for felony |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/15/1863; another female rioter sent on,
charged with a felony |
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Richmond Whig |
4/15/1863; bread rioter
Sarah Champion is to be tried for 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 Whig |
4/17/1863; Three more
bread rioters, Benjamin Slemper, Thomas Samanni and Mary Jackson, are to be
tried for felony. Another, William Turk, is acquitted. |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
4/18/1863; another Bread Rioter sent on for
felony |
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Richmond Whig |
4/18/1863;
another bread rioter, John Jones, is sent on for felony – he for breaking
into John T. Hicks’ shoe store |
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Richmond
Whig |
4/20/1863; Ann
Thomas gets $50 & three months jail for keeping ill-governed and disorderly
house; Wm. Sullivan, charged with breaking into store and stealing $10,000
worth of goods (bread rioter?) is remanded for trial |
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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 Whig |
5/4/1863; Francis
Kelly, bread rioter, is sent on by the Mayor “to a higher tribunal” |
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Richmond Whig |
5/4/1863; two
rioters fined and jailed in Circuit Court: Wm. J. Lusk and Ann Bell. |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
5/6/1863; more riot cases, including Dr. Thos.
Palmer |
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Richmond Whig |
5/6/1863; details
on the case of Dr. Palmer – lawyer moved to quash the indictment. Judge will
rule “this morning.” Barbara Idle, indicted for engaging the riot, is found
not guilty and discharge. |
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Richmond Whig |
5/7/1863; Dr.
Palmer’s indictment is “quashed,” and he is not prosecuted; Laura Gordon,
another bread rioter, is found guilty, fined, and sentenced to thirty days
in jail. She then “fell into hysterics,” takes “a large quantity of
laudanum” and is in critical condition |
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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 Whig |
5/8/1863; Minerva
Meredith, bread rioter, found guilty, fined $100 and sentenced to jail for
six months |
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Richmond
Sentinel |
5/9/1863; more riot cases - Thomas Palmer
discharged |
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Richmond Whig |
5/9/1863; Martha
Burnett, bread rioter, is found guilty, fined $30 and imprisoned for 30
days. Sarah Mitchell (rioter?) gets same sentence. |
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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.
