The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
Bummer about Thomas Hart Benson. Stephen Douglas looks as if he suffers a poor digestion.
Ephesus has been reconstructed since the view on page 19 was done. My mom and the other Navy Old Girls went there on the “Greece, Turkey, and Miscellaneous Islands” tour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(politician)
“”In 1851, Benton was denied a sixth term by the Missouri legislature; the polarization of the slavery issue made it impossible for a moderate and unionist to hold that state’s senatorial seat...
Uniquely, Benton has been the subject of biographical study by two men who later became presidents of the United States. In 1887, Theodore Roosevelt published a biography of Benton.[19] Benton is also one of the eight senators profiled in John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage.[20]””
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas