Featured in Domain Arrivals · 2026-08-13

Lost and Found, 1850–1900

An archival collection of nineteenth-century newspaper notices for lost objects, preserved as original clippings with checked transcriptions.

Why it surfaced

The notices turn ordinary losses into vivid microhistory: a monkey-head scarf pin, a two-headed wolf robe, an upper set of false teeth, a manuscript map of Newfoundland, and a box of hair. Each entry preserves the exact language, reward, address, and uncertainty of the original appeal, with sources traced to the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America collection.