1874

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January 01, 1874

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, January 01, 1874 - Page 5 — Fellowes and Paul Morphy, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law ★

February 13, 1874

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, February 13, 1874 - Page 5 — Notice — The Law Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned was dissolved on the 2d inst. by mutual consent. E.T. Fellowes, Paul Morphy, New Orleans, February 12, 1874

February 17, 1874

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, February 17, 1874 - Page 5 — Notice — The Law Partnership heretofore existing between the undersigned was dissolved on the 2d inst. by mutual consent. E.T. Fellowes, Paul Morphy, New Orleans, February 12, 1874. ★

February 18, 1874

• The Times-Picayune New Orleans, Louisiana Wednesday, February 18, 1874 - Page 5 — Law Partnership Dissolved

February 20, 1874

• New Orleans Republican New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, February 20, 1874 - Page 3 — Widow of Alonzo Morphy

March 19, 1874

• The Daily News Lebanon, Pennsylvania Thursday, March 19, 1874 - Page 2 — Ernest Morphy, the chess player, and uncle of Paul Morphy, died at Quincy, Illinois, on the 9th. ★

March 21, 1874

• The Indianapolis News Indianapolis, Indiana Saturday, March 21, 1874 - Page 2 — Mr. Ernest Morphy, uncle of Paul Morphy, himself a chess player and author of distinction, died at his residence in Quincy, Illinois, a few days ago, aged 68. ★ / ★

Ernest Morphy Dies, Aged 68 21 Mar 1874, Sat The Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, Indiana) Newspapers.com

April 07, 1874

• The Raleigh News Raleigh, North Carolina Tuesday, April 07, 1874 - Page 1 — The celebrated chess player, Mr. Rosenthal, has just finished twenty-seven games without seeing the board with twenty-seven opponents, all the games having been played at the same time, with but one defeat. In Paul Morphy's time what a sensation such a feat would have created, and now how flat it falls, and how little attention is aroused. Read More

May 03, 1874

• Brooklyn Review Brooklyn, New York Sunday, May 03, 1874 - Page 5 — Mr. Ernest Morphy, an uncle of Paul Morphy, died recently in Quincy, Ill., aged 68 years. Twenty years ago he was one of the prominent chess players of the country, and a publisher of much interesting chess matter. It was principally through the influence of the uncle that Paul was brought into notice. Read More

Mr. Ernest Morphy, Uncle of Paul Morphy 03 May 1874, Sun Brooklyn Review (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

May 18, 1874

• The Bradford Observer Bradford, West Yorkshire, England Monday, May 18, 1874 - Page 3 — West Yorkshire Chess Association

May 19, 1874

• The Leeds Mercury Leeds, West Yorkshire, England Tuesday, May 19, 1874 - Page 6 — West Yorkshire Chess Association

• ❌Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Monday, June 08, 1874 - Page 8 Chicago Daily Tribune, March 2, 1873: “Once in a while, the solitary athlete can be induced to show that his power is only in abeyance. I saw him…just before I left, beat simultaneously, in 2 3/4 hours, sixteen of the most accomplished amateurs in New Orleans.” vs. 😂 Chicago Daily Tribune, June 8, 1874: “…for nearly ten years he has not even seen a chessboard…” and, “…during the period from his return (to New Orleans) to the present day he has not played a single game of chess.” (Is it “like a yankee” to also talk out of both sides of their mouth with contradictory fables, too??) Read More

June 12, 1874

• New Orleans Republican New Orleans, Louisiana Friday, June 12, 1874 - Page 2 — Mr. Blackburn, the celebrated blindfold chess player, lately contested eight simultaneous games against members of the London Chess Club, without seeing any of the boards. At the close of the first sitting he had won four and lost one, three being unfinished.

June 27, 1874

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Saturday, June 27, 1874 - Page 6 — Howard Staunton Death Reported ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

June 27, 1874

• The Hampshire Advertiser Southampton, Hampshire, England Saturday, July 04, 1874 - Page 2 — The Late Mr. Howard Staunton

July 02, 1874

• New Orleans Republican New Orleans, Louisiana Thursday, July 02, 1874 - Page 2 — Unkind Defamation and Extortion Of Paul Morphy— The newspaper was fire-damaged.

Poison Pen Blackmail and Defamation of New Orleans Lawyer, Paul Morphy 02 Jul 1874, Thu New Orleans Republican (New Orleans, Louisiana) Newspapers.com

July 07, 1874

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Tuesday, July 07, 1874 - Page 3 — Third American Chess Congress - The Chess Congress of 1857 — “Mr. Morphy, having undoubtedly attained the height of his chess ambition, and having experienced the arduous mental toll and the physical self-denial which are absolutely requisite for great success in this pursuit, seems neither to have cared to retain the position, nor to advance his skill still further. He occasionally plays chess yet in New Orleans, despite the many absurd rumors which have of late floated through the newspaper-press, and gentlemen who have contested games at large odds with him there within a year report his chess-faculties to be entirely unimpaired.” ★ Read More

Absurd Rumors About Paul Morphy Refuted 07 Jul 1874, Tue Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) Newspapers.com

July 12, 1874

• ❌Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Sunday, July 12, 1874 - Page 8 — The Chess Congress — “Paul Morphy conquered the world of chess, and forthwith became a recluse.” ★

July 14, 1874

• The New Orleans Bulletin New Orleans, Louisiana Tuesday, July 14, 1874 - 2 — Morphy. — On Sunday, July 12, 1874, at 8½ o'clock, L. Albert Morphy, aged 24 years, son of D.E. Morphy and Louise E. Grivot. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★

July 17, 1874

• The Andrew County Republican Savannah, Missouri Friday, July 17, 1874 - Page 6 — Death of a Noted Chess-Player. Howard Staunton, the well-known chess-player and Shakespearian scholar, died recently in London. He was born in 1810, studied at Oxford, settled himself in London, and devoted himself to literature. He studied chess and became an admirable player. In 1843, when St. Amand was proclaimed the champion chess-player of Europe, Mr. Staunton challenged him, proceeded to Paris to play, and won the great match. He was indisputably the first player in Europe, but when Morphy went to England in 1854 Staunton fought shy of him, and a match could never be arranged between them. They played once, however, in a consultation game. It was, if we mistake not, Staunton and the late Mr. Bird on one side, and Morphy and an eminent English player on the other. The Morphy side won. Staunton was the author of several excellent works on chess, and also edited an edition of Shakespeare which is very highly esteemed. ★ / ★ / ★ Read More

• Chicago Tribune Chicago, Illinois Friday, July 17, 1874 - Page 3 — The Chess Congress. — The Third National Chess Congress of the United States came to a close last night… ★

July 19, 1874

• The Observer London, Greater London, England Sunday, July 19, 1874 - Page 1 — Testimonial To Mr. Lowenthal

September 19, 1874

• The Graphic: An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper London, Greater London, England Saturday, September 19, 1874 - Page 17 — Chess Player's Manual and Chess Problems

September 20, 1874

• Brooklyn Review Brooklyn, New York Sunday, September 20, 1874 - Page 1 — Infidelity - Divorce in High Life. — Zerebko was very anxious to play Paul Morphy of New Orleans, he wrote that gentleman several letters, but Mr. Morphy, for some reason, declined to play.

November 17, 1874

• The Bury and Norwich Post Bury, Suffolk, England Tuesday, November 17, 1874 - Page 5 — Dr. Von Bulow's Pianoforte Recital. “…In chess the intellectual power of Paul Morphy has placed in the shade the greatest players of the past…”

November 28, 1874

• Glasgow Herald Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland Saturday, November 28, 1874 - 5 — London Correspondence - Chess Match / ★

November 30, 1874

• Liverpool Mercury, etc. Liverpool, Merseyside, England Monday, November 30, 1874 - Page 3 — The Chess Match — “…approaching chess congress in America, for Herr Steinitz, I believe, intends to visit America, in order to take part in the principal tourney, and it is said that Mr. Morphy will return on the same occasion to the old field in which he won so many laurels years ago. As the two players belong to two entirely different schools of chess strategy, and as each is supreme in his own, their meeting together in stubborn fight cannot fail to excite a more absorbing interest than the quiet game of chess has ever before aroused.” Read More

December 17, 1874

• ❌The Boston Globe Boston, Massachusetts Thursday, December 17, 1874 - Page 4 — The Field states that is has good authority for announcing that Mr. Morphy will take part in the International Chess Tourney in connection with the Centennial exhibition at Philadelphia in July, 1876. — Glasgow Herald, November 28 ★ (No Truth in Reporting) / ★ / ★ Read More

December 18, 1874

• ❌Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express Buffalo, New York Friday, December 18, 1874 — Another Fake News Report About Paul Morphy “…The New York Chess Club in collaboration with the Washington Chess Club personally went to New Orleans, got down on their hands and knees and begged Mr. Paul Morphy's forgiveness for threatening to “cut him so dead,” in 1865. “We haven't forgotten, but have often denied it in the press,” says one club spokesman… ★ Read More

Fake Report about Attorney Paul Morphy agreeing to play in a tournament after years of defamation 18 Dec 1874, Fri Buffalo Morning Express and Illustrated Buffalo Express (Buffalo, New York) Newspapers.com

December 19, 1874

• ❌Brooklyn Review Brooklyn, New York Saturday, December 19, 1874 - Page 7 — Our Chess Review. “A rumor comes to us from across the Atlantic that the celebrated chess player, Paul Morphy, who created such an excitement, not only among professionals and amateurs, but all the world beside, some fifteen years ago, and who, it is thought had played his last game, professionally, is about to enter the lists once more, and may, probably pay our country a visit during the progress of the international tourney which is to be played at the Centennial Philadelphia. We confess we have very grave doubts of the truth of this rumor, but if it should prove to be true and if his advent would have the effect of reviving a more general interest in the game, it would be a matter for congratuintion among chess players everywhere. Read More

December 27, 1874

• Brooklyn Review Brooklyn, New York Sunday, December 27, 1874 - Page 3 — Our Chess Review. — “We hear nothing further in regard to the great International Tourney, nor any confirmation of the rumor in regard to Paul Morphy.”

“The happiness of “the Bohemian Caesar,” as Steinitz fondly called himself, was not unalloyed. Paul Morphy was his bête noire. He attempted to undermine the pedestal upon which Morphy's glory is everlastingly established. But he did not succeed. If Blackburne makes a brilliant combination, he calls it a “bit of Morphy.” But no one ever heard anybody call a brilliant finish a bit of Steinitz…” — The Age Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Saturday, June 19, 1897 Poison Pen Blackmail and Defamation of New Orleans Lawyer Paul Morphy: These articles were part of 1860s-80s campaign of stalking. Attempts by friends of Morphy vouching for his sanity & to stop such false rumors (New Orleans Republican 11/21/1875; Tennessean Nashville, 5/05/1877, “The Truth About Mr. Paul Morphy. He has Never been Insane”; Detroit Free Press 11/30/1880, etc). 1884 at age 47, Mr. Morphy “suddenly died”. The stalker's press release claimed ‘due to a bath on a hot day.’ Forensic toxicology was still in its infancy and no investigation ever performed. ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★ / ★