[Homer_J_Simpson]

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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[Homer_J_Simpson]

French Court Fashions – 1-2
Contents – 2
Editorials – 2-4
The Lounger – 4-5
Travel Notes in Bible Lands – 6-8
The Approach to Canton – 8-9
Scenes at the White House – 10-12
Tea-Party Politics – 12
The Test – 12
The Story of an Old Maid’s Life – 12-14
The Late Commodore Perry, U.S.N. – 14-15
The United States Revenue Cutter “Harriet Lane.”* – 15-16
Miscellany – 17

* ”Harriet Lane” Wikipedia page

[Tax-chick]

The picture of the Presidential Reception in Washington doesn’t show the mud, cold, smoke, and stench.

In an interesting book about Congressman Dan Sickles, who will eventually become of interest, the author waxed vividly about living conditions in Washington City.

I didn’t finish the book because I got really annoyed with the author, who was fond of attributing his own sentiments and judgments to the historical figures.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from March 11 (reply #14). ]

March 14, SUNDAY. Joy is in a sort of squabble with the chemical committee of the board. Some criticism has been made on the catalogue of chemical materials he proposed to order, and he is affronted. Among the items was so many grammes of anaconda’s feces from Paris, for the manufacture of uric acid at quite a “high figure.” Why not apply to the anaconda at Barnums’? Why should not the College keep its own anaconda and produce its own stercoration? Let domestic industry be encouraged. Is it certain that we could not get along with Gouvrerneur Ogden as a substitute?

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