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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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Senator Wilson, of Massachusetts – 1-2*
Contents – 2
The Sure Casket – 2
Day and Night – 3
Editorials – 3-4
The Lounger – 4-6
Bohemian Walks and Talks – 6
Sleighing on Broadway – 7-8
Skating, from a Lady’s Point of View – 8-10
The Leviathan – 11-12
Roundelay of the Hoop – 12
Anecdotes of Rachel – 12-13
Miscellany – 13-14
The French Assassins – 14-16
A Woman’s Question – 16
Paddy and I – 16-17

* Henry Wilson Wikipedia page

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from March 3 (reply #13). ]

March 7, SUNDAY. Spent half an hour last night at the Philharmonic concert, crowded and garrulous, like a square mile of tropical forest with its flocks of squalling paroquets and troops of chattering monkeys. Young America loves the Philharmonic. Acres of pretty little half-fledged girls frequent those solemnities for the sake of Mr. Timm or Mr. Eisfeld, who’s teaching them music, and they are followed by cohorts of ill-bred juvenile males, whose gabble drowns the music. I heard part of a pretty symphony by Hiller, “Voi che sapete,” and “Vedrai, Carino” (substituted when the former was encored), a dismal clarinet and orchestra concerto, and Beethoven’s overture to Coriolanus, which I could not comprehend. Thereafter to the Century Club: Wolcott Gibbs, Van Wagenen, Rutherfurd, Cozzens, Verplanck, and others.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Continued from December 28, 1857 (reply #35).

Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher