Kenneth Griffin, the billionaire art collector and hedge fund founder, purchased the document that abolished slavery, as well ...

United States Sanitary Commission on. This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996.

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A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Lincoln -- the highlight of a fascinating catalog -- sold at a Sotheby’s ...

Ottawa County road officials say the permitted closure is part of Georgetown Charter Township’s work to construct a new ...

Though Olmsted himself would soon be temporarily distracted by his duties on the United States Sanitary Commission (a precursor to the Red Cross), his editor, an Irish immigrant named E.L. Godkin ...

In 1864, the US Sanitary Commission hosted the Great Central Sanitary Fair of Philadelphia — an event organized to raise funds for soldiers’ aid during the Civil War.

When the Sanitary Commission ran low, however, soldiers would have to fend for themselves. They heavily relied on a cookbook by Sanitary member James M. Sanderson, which was distributed throughout ...

The sinkhole was discovered at the intersection of Duckettown Road and Maple Avenue, according to the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC). The Bowie Police Department tweeted about the ...

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