Harper’s Weekly – November 13, 1858

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 13, 1858

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[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.

Link to previous thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Contents – 2
The New Brick Church in Fifth Avenue – 2-3
Ode to an Old Humbug – 4
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
The Late Election – 8-10
The Primrose – 8
Paul Morphy in Paris – 11-12
Literary – 12
A Corn-Husking in New England – 13-16
Fact, Fancy, and Fun – 16-17
A Slip Between Cup and Lip – 17-20
Chess Chronicle – 20

[Tax-chick]

Paul Morphy was quite mad.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Madness is not mentioned on his Wikipedia page.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Morphy

[Tax-chick]

Well, it wouldn’t be.

[colorado tanker]

Interesting. The Morphy family mansion became Brennan’s Restaurant.

[Tax-chick]

The story about the exhibition in Paris was very interesting. Ten hours without “refreshment”!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from November 4 (reply #21) .

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

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Continued from November 11 (reply #15) .

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

[BroJoeK]

"Editorials – 4-6"

The editorial on the election seems remarkably neutral in tone, more like a headline news report than opinion piece.
So we are left to wonder how the editors really felt about it.
Also about the lack of any mention of what was surely the time's greatest issue: slavery.

The editorial on Sawyer's New Testament translation is generally favorable, looking forward to other, better future translations.

The editorial on restoring Anglican confession booths predicts that American Episcopals will not accept it.
I suspect they were wrong.

A most interesting editorial on the role of cotton exports in restoring America's balance of payments, and the importance of, ahem, money flows from New York to New Orleans.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The previous excerpt from this volume was on November 8 (reply #11).

Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

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Continued from November 15 (reply #8).

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

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Continued from November 8 (reply #11).

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Allen C. Guelzo, Lincoln and Douglas: The Debates that Defined America

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Continued from November 16 (reply #12).

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

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Continued from October 15 (reply #22).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from November 17 (reply #14).

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