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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Continued from January 30 (reply #3).

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

3 posted on 02/01/2018 5:03:04 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The more things change, the more they stay the same.


4 posted on 02/01/2018 5:14:31 AM PST by RealVirginia
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

BUMP for later


5 posted on 02/01/2018 5:19:41 AM PST by 4everontheRight (And the story began with..."Once there was a great nation......")
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I would have liked to read the rest of the book review on page 6 about the biography of Aaron Burr.


6 posted on 02/01/2018 8:41:42 AM PST by Tax-chick (Harvey Weinstein was married to a beautiful model.)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The technology changes, but the obtuseness of university bureaucracy does not.


13 posted on 02/01/2018 3:27:12 PM PST by untenured
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Continued from January 5 (reply #16) . The note to Congress from President Buchanan referenced by footnote #2 was written on this date.

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Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

14 posted on 02/02/2018 4:58:50 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
[Continued from February 1 (reply #3).]

. February 2. Very busy day in Wall Street; Trust Company meeting. Our losses by the late crisis seem wonderfully small. With millions invested (and near a million and a half called in to pay off two deposits since October), we’ve but $20,000 of suspended debt, of which one-quarter is considered a liberal allowance for probable loss.

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

15 posted on 02/02/2018 5:01:16 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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