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January 13, 1865

• The Courier and Argus Dundee, Tayside, Scotland Friday, January 13, 1865 - Page 3 — “Mr. Paul Morphy,” the celebrated chess champion, has entered the American bar, with the intention to practice.”

Mr. Paul Morphy, Enters the American Bar 13 Jan 1865, Fri The Courier and Argus (Dundee, Tayside, Scotland) Newspapers.com

January 15, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, January 15, 1865 - Page 6 “Chess by Herr Loewenthal” — “The publication you mention has not yet appeared. Mr. Morphy has retired from the Chess world and is now devoting himself to the law.”

February 06, 1865

• Daily Evening News Fall River, Massachusetts Monday, February 06, 1865 - Page 2 —Paul Morphy Falsely Accused of Sympathizing with the Confederacy — Paul Morphy, the famous chess player, who sympathized with the rebellion at its earlier stages like many other Southerners, has seen the error of his ways, and is now a good Union man. He is practicing law in New Orleans. Read More

February 08, 1865

• The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, February 08, 1865 - Page 2 — “The celebrated chess player, Paul Morphy,” has settled in Illinois. His present avocation is the collection of claims in the United States and State Courts.” ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

Paul Morphy Settled in Illinois in the Business of Collecting Claims in U.S. Courts 11 Feb 1865, Sat Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Virginia) Newspapers.com

February 10, 1865

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Friday, February 10, 1865 - Page 2 — “Paul Morphy, the chess player,” is practicing law in New Orleans.” ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

February 16, 1865

• The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Brooklyn, New York Thursday, February 16, 1865 - Page 2 — Persistent False Rumors and Allegations Against Paul Morphy, Reprinted in Northern Newspapers — Paul Morphy, who when the rebellion broke out, joined the Confederate army at New Orleans, but subsequently retired and went to Paris, has lately changed his mind, and having taken the oath of allegiance, has commenced business in a town in Southern Illinois, as Government Claim Agent. He has almost given up Chess. Read More

Persistent False Rumors and Allegations Against Paul Morphy, Reprinted in Northern Newspapers 16 Feb 1865, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

February 18, 1865

• The Idaho World Idaho City, Idaho Saturday, February 18, 1865 - Page 4 — “Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess-player”, has calmly settled down into the practice of the law at New Orleans. He still indulges in his passion for chess, but it may safely be said that it is next to impossible for him to find a competitor worthy of a display of his talent. ★

March 05, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, March 05, 1865 - Page 13 — Chess — “(a) This line of attack is now generally in vogue, Morphy adopted the move in his various European contests with great success. The move has indisputably the means of affording wider scope for the attack than any other the first player may choose to adopt.”

April 02, 1865

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 02, 1865 - Page 8 — The New Reading Rooms — The latest intelligence by telegraph, and private correspondence; the arrivals and receipts, departures and clearances, by sea and river, and all such information as will be found of general interest will be daily posted on the bulletin boards. In addition to all this a splendid suite of chess rooms will form no inconsiderable attraction, not only to those initiated in the mysteries of that beautiful game, but to all classes who are familiar with the names of Paul Morphy, and the other brilliant chess players of this his native city.” Read More

April 16, 1865

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, April 16, 1865 - Page 2 — The Judges of The Supreme Court of Louisiana — “George Strawbridge and Alonzo Morphy succeeded Eustis and Rost. The former served from August 31, 1839, to October 31, 1839; and the latter from August 31, 1839, to March 18, 1846. In 1840 the Judges of the Supreme Court were increased to five; Martin, Chief Justice; Associates, Bullard, Morphy, Simon and Garland. Read More

July 02, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, July 02, 1865 - Page 7 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal

July 06, 1865

• The Daily Milwaukee News Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sunday, July 09, 1865 - Page 1 — The steamer Star of the Union, from New Orleans, the 1st inst., arrived to-night. Among her passengers is Paul Morphy. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

July 09, 1865

• The New York Times New York, New York Sunday, July 09, 1865 - Page 8 — Passengers Arrived. — Paul Morphy.

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, July 09, 1865 - Page 14 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal

• Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Sunday, July 09, 1865 - Page 1 — “The steamer ‘Star of the Union,’ from New Orleans 1st, arrived to-night. Among her passengers is Col. Morphy. (“Colonel” Morphy? So persists the vindictive Northern vendetta replete with rumors, persecution and vilification.)

Steam Ship Star of the Union Arrives with Paul Morphy & Yankee False Rumors 09 Jul 1865, Sun Detroit Free Press (Detroit, Michigan) Newspapers.com

July 10, 1865

• National Republican Washington, District of Columbia Monday, July 10, 1865 - Page 2 — Paul Morphy in New York. New York, July 8. — The steamer Star of the Union, from New Orleans on the 1st instant, arrived here to-night. Among her passengers is Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player. ★ / ★ / ★ ★

July 11, 1865

• The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday, July 11, 1865 - Page 1 “Paul Morphy,” the noted chess-player, is on a visit to New York.” ★ / ★ / ★

July 12, 1865

• The Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Wednesday, July 12, 1865 - Page 8 — “Among the passengers from New Orleans” by the steamship Evening Star, arrived today, is the famous chess player, Paul Morphy. He is in excellent health, and talks about going abroad.”

July 13, 1865

• National Republican Washington, District of Columbia Thursday, July 13, 1865 - Page 2 — “Paul Morphy, the chess-player, who affected rebeldom until Jeff Davis was checkmated, arrived in the city to-day” ★

(Northern papers persist in persecuting Paul Morphy as a “rebel,” “traitor,” attempting to drive him out from Northern chess-play locations, out of chess, altogether.)

Vilification of an Innocent Paul Morphy, the Chess-Player by Politicized Media and Chess Elite 13 Jul 1865, Thu National Republican (Washington, District of Columbia) Newspapers.com

July 14, 1865

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Friday, July 14, 1865 - Page 1 — “Paul Morphy,” the celebrated chess player, has turned up at Washington. He has been a rebel during the war.” ★

Vilification of Paul Morphy, Who Turns up at Washington, With False Rumors To Criminalize Him 14 Jul 1865, Fri Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

July 17, 1865

• The Progress-Index Petersburg, Virginia Monday, July 17, 1865 - Page 4 — “General Harry Heth, Paul Morphy, the chess player, Ben Ficklin, Capt. Hugh Stanard, Major Cole and Capt. Gibson, son of the late Professor Charles Bell Gibson, are in New York. Mildeburger Smith, formerly proprietor of the American Hotel, in Richmond, has returned from California, and has taken charge of the office of the New York Hotel.” Read More

July 20, 1865

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, July 20, 1865 - Page 3 — “Our accomplished young townsman, Paul Morphy, the chess king, is announced as having arrived at New York on the 8th…(illegible).”

July 25, 1865

• Advertiser and Register Mobile, Alabama Tuesday, July 25, 1865 - Page 1 — Paul Morphy, the renowned chess-player was in Washington last week.

July 26, 1865

• The New York Times New York, New York Wednesday, July 26, 1865 - Page 2 — Hotel Thief. — “Thomas Bill, a hotel sneak-thief, pleaded guilty to stealing two pairs of boots, the property of Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess player, from the New York Hotel, and was sent to the Penitentiary.”

July 28, 1865

• Quad-City Times Davenport, Iowa Friday, July 28, 1865 - Page 2 — “‘Paul Morphy, the chess player’, is in New York, playing chess with his old associates. It will be remembered that he was a bitter secessionist, and on a recent visit to Washington his former friends let him know that they remembered that fact, by “cutting” him so dead that he left in disgust, completely “checkmated.” Read More

Paul Morphy, the Chess Player 28 Jul 1865, Fri Quad-City Times (Davenport, Iowa) Newspapers.com

July 30, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, July 30, 1865 - Page 6 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal. — “(a) A favourite move with Morphy; Anderssen here advises Black to reply with Kt to R 4th, as in the text.”

August 03, 1865

• Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette and Comet Baton Rouge, Louisiana Thursday, August 03, 1865 - Page 3 — “Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess-player is in New York, having arrived there a week or two ago, from New Orleans. He was a secessionist as long as the war lasted, but is new disposed to accept things as they are and let by-gones be by-gones. He is now a frequenter of the New York Chess Club Rooms, and is winner in nearly every case, even with great odds against him.” ★ Read More

Persists In The War Rumors and Vilification of Paul Morphy To Ruin His Reputation 03 Aug 1865, Thu Baton Rouge Tri-Weekly Gazette and Comet (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Newspapers.com

August 13, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, August 13, 1865 - Page 14 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal-Paul Morphy In New York. — We learn from the Evening Bulletin that Mr. Paul Morphy recently arrived in New York from New Orleans. He paid a visit to the Rooms of the New York Chess Club, and played several games with the strongest members of this Society. Mr. Morphy being the winner in nearly every case, even with great odds against him. It is not stated how long he intends to remain in New York. Read More

August 15, 1865

• The San Francisco Examiner San Francisco, California Tuesday, August 15, 1865 - Page 4 — Extraordinary Memories - Morphy and other eminent chess players have recently given instances of their extraordinary memories.

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, August 15, 1865 - Page 6 — “Paul Morphy is about to publish, in one volume, the whole of his many games of chess, with notes on each by himself.”

August 16, 1865

• Detroit Free Press Detroit, Michigan Wednesday, August 16, 1865 - Page 1 — Paul Morphy, the champion chess-player, has returned to New York, and is preparing an annotated volume of his games. The rumor that he was on Beauregard's staff is stated to be untrue. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

August 22, 1865

• The New York Times New York, New York Tuesday, August 22, 1865 - Page 5 —Mr. Paul Morphy, the eminent chess-player, arrived in town yesterday.

August 28, 1865

• Cleveland Daily Leader Cleveland, Ohio Monday, August 28, 1865 - Page 1 — “Paul Morphy.” — There is good news from the chess world. Paul Morphy is back in New York again, and is preparing an annotated volume of his games. It will be the standard work in chess literature. The rumor that during the rebellion Mr. Morphy was on Beauregard's staff was of course false. He never was on horseback in his life, and never went back on the flag. He is no such a man. When the rebellion broke out (like a species of political small-pox) the great chess king was in Paris. It was there that the aforesaid rumor originated. Morphy checkmated it at once by going to the American legation and taking the oath of allegiance. It is said to be the only oath he ever took in his life—but that is his own affair.—New York Saturday Press. Read More

Paul Morphy. 28 Aug 1865, Mon Cleveland Daily Leader (Cleveland, Ohio) Newspapers.com

September 03, 1865

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Sunday, September 03, 1865 - Page 2 — The Saturday Press says that Paul Morphy never sympathized with the South; that he was in Paris when the war broke out, and at once took the oath of allegiance at the office of the American Consul. Mr. Morphy was in New Orleans when the war commenced, and did not leave the city, except for a brief period, during which he was in Virginia, till some time after its capture. Read More

The Saturday Press says that Paul Morphy never sympathized with the South 03 Sep 1865, Sun The Times-Picayune (New Orleans, Louisiana) Newspapers.com

September 05, 1865

• Burlington Daily Times Burlington, Vermont Tuesday, September 05, 1865 - Page 2 — Personal. Paul Morphy, the champion chess player, is in New York preparing an annotated volume of his games. The Saturday Press says Paul never sympathized with the South; that he was in Paris when the war broke out, and at once took the oath of allegiance at the office of the American Consul. Read More

• Buffalo Weekly Express Buffalo, New York Tuesday, September 05, 1865 - Page 1 — INQUISITION: Paul Morphy, the chess king, is in New York. His friends deny that he ever was a Rebel, but say that he took an oath of allegiance to the Union at the American Legation in Paris, early during the war. ★

INQUISITION: Paul Morphy's Friends Deny He was a Rebel 05 Sep 1865, Tue Buffalo Weekly Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

September 08, 1865

• The Vermont Transcript Saint Albans, Vermont Friday, September 08, 1865 - Page 2 — Paul Morphy, the champion chess player, is in New York preparing an annotated volume of his games. The Saturday Press says Paul never sympathized with the South; that he was at Paris when the war broke out, and at once took the oath of allegiance at the office of the American Consul. / ★ Read More

• The Standard London, Greater London, England Friday, September 08, 1865 - Page 5 — Paul Morphy, the chief of the chess-players, is now in New York.

September 14, 1865

• The Evansville Daily Journal Evansville, Indiana Thursday, September 14, 1865 - Page 2 — Paul Morphy. The Round Table states authoritatively that Paul Morphy the chess king, was never on the staff of General Beauregard, and was never a secessionist nor a southern sympathizer.

Paul Morphy. 14 Sep 1865, Thu The Evansville Daily Journal (Evansville, Indiana) Newspapers.com

September 17, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, September 17, 1865 - Page 6 — “Chess by Herr Loewenthal”

September 26, 1865

• Advertiser and Register Mobile, Alabama Tuesday, September 26, 1865 - Page 2 — We understand that our fellow-citizen, Paul Morphy, will shortly publish a critical work on Chess, with Illustration and special references to the great contests on “the checkered field” which have already become historical. Mr. M. is now, we believe, in New York for the purpose of selecting a publisher and preparing the necessary illustrations.— [N.O. Times] Read More

Paul Morphy to Publish Critical Work on Chess 26 Sep 1865, Tue Advertiser and Register (Mobile, Alabama) Newspapers.com

October 01, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, October 01, 1865 - Page 6 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal

October 07, 1865

• The Daily Phoenix Columbia, South Carolina Saturday, October 07, 1865 - Page 3 — Paul Morphy is preparing his chess-book in New York. ★

October 15, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, October 15, 1865 - Page 6 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal

October 16, 1865

• The Leeds Mercury Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Monday, October 16, 1865 - Page 4 — Mr. Paul Morphy, the celebrated chess-player, has returned to New York from Paris, and it is his present intention to prepare an annotated volume of his most successful chess games. Our informant says, it must not be inferred from this that Mr. Morphy has given up the practice of the law, as he prides himself more upon his proficiency in that than in chess. He was for some time a member of one of the first law firms in New Orleans, and will shortly open an office in New York. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ Read More

Mr. Paul Morphy, the Celebrated Chess Player, in New York 16 Oct 1865, Mon The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, West Yorkshire, England) Newspapers.com

October 18, 1865

• The Morning Post London, Greater London, England Wednesday, October 18, 1865 - Page 3 — Dublin Chess Congress — The clever professor Herr Steinitz, has repeated his performance of playing several games at the same time, and without the aid of that sense—sight—which, to chess-players as a class, is the most needful to be exercised; and wonderful and successful as was Herr Steinitz' previous performance as week ago, he on last Saturday eclipsed all his former efforts in blindfold chess. He played against five very good amateurs, and did not lose a single game, winning four and drawing one, after about seven hours of unceasing mental concentration. To given an instance of the perfect command his mental vision has of all the varying positions on the respective boards, one of the five amateurs mentioned to him that he was unavoidably compelled to go out for an hour to dine, to which Herr Steinitz at once consented; but the amateur might as well not have come back, for the German's skill and retentive memory won the day, notwithstanding the delay and interruption. We are aware that, although Herr Steinitz's feats never until recent years have been surpassed, not even by the renowned Philidor, who never went beyond three games at the same time, yet he has been excelled lately by the German (Gaulsen), the Englishman (Blackburne), and the world-famed American (Paul Morphy), not in excellence of blindfold play, but only as to the number of games played. But when we take into consideration that Herr Steinitz has not hitherto been known to fame as a blindfold player, and that he has won his spurs so successfully… Read More

November 15, 1865

• The Times-Democrat New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, November 15, 1865 - Page 6 — Exchange Newsrooms — “…An interesting feature of the occasion was the reorganization of the Chess Club by the election of the following officers: Paul Morphy, Esq., President; P.N. Strong, Esq., Vice President; Chas. A. Maurian, Secretary; A.E. Blackmar, Treasurer. The chess rooms are a most attractive adjunct to the newsrooms, and we are glad to learn that Mr. Overall is meeting with the encouragement which his useful enterprise deserves.” Read More

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, December 03, 1865 - Page 5 — “Chess by Herr Loewenthal” — “Except in his match with Mr. Loewenthal, Mr. Morphy contested all his casual games in England—as far as we are aware—for honour only.”

December 10, 1865

• The Era London, Greater London, England Sunday, December 10, 1865 - Page 4 — Chess by Herr Loewenthal — “(a) This move was first adopted by Morphy. Curiously enough there is no mention made of it in the recently published works in Germany.”

December 15, 1865

• The Baltimore Sun Baltimore, Maryland Friday, December 15, 1865 - Page 4 — The original chess club of New Orleans has been reorganized, and Paul Morphy chosen president. ★ / ★