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Henry Harding

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HENRY HARDING United States of America [what is this?] What little is known about Henry Harding is that he was a semi-nomadic portrait painter. In January, 1869, he opened a studio above the S. B. Bliss clothing store in East Saginaw, Michigan, for several months, after which he spent some time in Detroit, Cleveland and New York City, before returning to Michigan. In August, 1870, he set up shop in the Dwight Building above Hatch, Claflin & Pettengill's, a boot and shoe store in Jackson, Michigan. After some time in Jackson he was once more hitting the road to ply his trade, returning to Jackson in September, 1871, this time setting up shop in the Marion House. In January, 1873, he is in Cleveland, Ohio and traveled as far south as Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi. He is mentioned as being "the late Mr. H. Harding" in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1881.09.25, p6. References Holland's East Saginaw City Directory, 1868-69, p245 East Saginaw Saginaw Daily Enterprise, 1869.01.04, p3 East Saginaw Saginaw Daily Enterprise, 1869.07.23, p1 Jackson Daily Citizen, 1870.08.17, p1 Jackson Daily Citizen, 1870.09.15, p4 Jackson Daily Citizen, 1871.09.21, p4 Last updated: 2025-05-29 00:21:12

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page 1 of 1; 24 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Harding vs J P Swan   0-1 28 1869 1st Michigan State Chess Association Tournament B20 Sicilian 2. H D Smith vs H Harding ½-½ 43 1869 Harding - Smith Thematic Match C52 Evans Gambit 3. H D Smith vs H Harding   ½-½ 31 1869 Harding - Smith Thematic Match C52 Evans Gambit 4. H D Smith vs H Harding   1-0 16 1869 Harding - Smith Thematic Match C51 Evans Gambit 5. H D Smith vs H Harding 1-0 23 1869 Harding - Smith Thematic Match C51 Evans Gambit 6. H D Smith vs H Harding   ½-½ 24 1869 Harding - Smith Thematic Match C52 Evans Gambit 7. M Judd vs H Harding 1-0 24 1870 Offhand game C52 Evans Gambit 8. J Galbreath vs H Harding   1-0 20 1871 Telegraph Game C33 King's Gambit Accepted 9. J Galbreath vs H Harding 1-0 30 1871 Offhand Game C52 Evans Gambit 10. M Judd vs H Harding   ½-½ 39 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland C70 Ruy Lopez 11. H Harding vs Mackenzie 0-1 35 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A20 English 12. H D Smith vs H Harding   1-0 55 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland C70 Ruy Lopez 13. M Judd vs H Harding 1-0 28 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland C70 Ruy Lopez 14. H Harding vs P Ware   1-0 44 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland D00 Queen's Pawn Game 15. H Harding vs M Judd 0-1 19 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A28 English 16. H Harding vs F Elder 0-1 35 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A30 English, Symmetrical 17. P Ware vs H Harding 1-0 44 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A80 Dutch 18. H Harding vs H D Smith 0-1 38 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A20 English 19. H Harding vs H Hosmer 0-1 17 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A20 English 20. F Elder vs H Harding 1-0 21 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland C70 Ruy Lopez 21. Mackenzie vs H Harding   ½-½ 39 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland C45 Scotch Game 22. H Harding vs Mackenzie 0-1 34 1871 2nd American Chess Congress, Cleveland A20 English 23. M Judd vs H Harding   1-0 19 1873 Offhand Game C53 Giuoco Piano 24. J Galbreath vs H Harding   1-0 19 1873 Offhand Game C44 King's Pawn Game  page 1 of 1; 24 games

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Feb-22-16    zanzibar: Like people know where <East Saginaw> is?! Come on. Feb-22-16    Acrylion: I believe it could be Michigan. Feb-22-16    Granny O Doul: It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw. Granted, that was West Saginaw. Feb-22-16    tamar: Michigan seems like a dream to me now Feb-23-16    zanzibar: Saginaw, MI has it's own web page: And, believe it or not, without Michigan there would still be other Saginaw's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagin...(disambiguation) In fact, <East Saginaw> actually has a wiki page all its own too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_... Now, perhaps I shouldn't comment, but is that really Reilly's wife's name? Feb-23-16    zanzibar: If the <H. Harding> mentioned in this 1837 publication is the same man, then Harding was fairly old by 1871 (well, at least 34 years older): http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~m... Jun-25-17    zanzibar: CPC v6 (Jan 4, 1882) p6 notes Mr. H. Harding as deceased when giving a rather famous Evans Gambit win of his (G576): https://books.google.com/books?id=A... . Jun-25-17    zanzibar: J.A. Galbreath b 1846 https://books.google.com/books?id=0... . Jul-14-17    zanzibar: In case you were wondering about the Sarah note given by EDOchess on the Harding page - I just noticed it's really a link to Galbreath. http://www.edochess.ca/players/p320... http://www.edochess.ca/batgirl/Galb... Sarah's page no longer hosts the game, but I assume Harding was involved, else why the link? Could it be the game mentioned above? .

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