THE STORY: The scene is the newsroom of a small-city newspaper, the time late in the evening. The morning edition has just been put to bed and, ironically, so has the paper--as the editor has received word that this edition will be the last. The t

Modified format genealogy tracing more than 10 generations of the descendants of George Bigbie, who lived in Tidewater Virginia in the early 1700s. Traces at nearly a dozen distinct family lines in Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas, and includes families with surname spelling variants Bigbee, Bigby, Bigbey, and others. Introduction includes a short essay on the probable origins of the Bigbie name. 172 + v pages, 1200-name personal name index, full footnotes, plus maps, photographs and black and white illustrations. This is a revised and enlarged edition of Volume 1 of the same title published in 1994 and 2010.

The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)

A vivid recreation of how the governors and governed of early seventeenth-century Florence confronted, suffered, and survived a major epidemic of plague Plague remains the paradigm against which reactions to many epidemics are often judged. Here, John Henderson examines how a major city fought, suffered, and survived the impact of plague. Going beyond traditional oppositions between rich and poor, this book provides a nuanced and more compassionate interpretation of government policies in practice, by recreating the very human reactions and survival strategies of families and individuals. From the evocation of the overcrowded conditions in isolation hospitals to the splendor of religious processions, Henderson analyzes Florentine reactions within a wider European context to assess the effect of state policies on the city, street, and family. Writing in a vivid and approachable way, this book unearths the forgotten stories of doctors and administrators struggling to cope with the sick and dying, and of those who were left bereft and confused by the sudden loss of relatives.