Posted on 12/01/2016 4:40:06 AM PST by 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 – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
I have a few antique Harpers.They are hard covered and about 2 inches thick.More of a book than what we know as a magazine.
Had many but sis stored them in a cellar with a dirt floor and ruined most.These 2 were salvagable.
One has an interesting article in it about smoking Opim for medicinal reasons.
Read for later, and thank you for posting as I love this stuff.
Gosh, I love George!
“Schaeffer is a most diluted savant ...”
LOLOL!
Each edition is about 140 pages. I wish it was practical to print more of them. I wondered about the physical appearance. I figured they would be pretty thick but I didn’t guess a hard cover.
Great post (the gigantic centipede and “The Fall of Islam” article as you scroll down). BTTT!
Harper’s is making a lot of jokes about the ladies’ fashions, but I have a feeling it’s going to be at least ten years before something more sensible emerges. People will do the strangest things to themselves for the longest time ...
I picture George imagining his readers 100 years hence reaching for their dictionaries and savoring his words. Which reminds me - the diaries were published for general distribution in 1952. They have now been in circulation for longer than he was alive. In a manner of speaking I was also “published” in 1952, which gives me a vague feeling of kinship with GTS.
The Boston Daily Journal says there is a man in that city, who during the past year or more has practiced as an apothecary, advertising in one or two of the penny papers in accordance with his profession. Some weeks since his tax bill was sent to him, but as it was not paid, a few days ago he received a note informing him that a warrant had been issued against his estate for the attachment of sufficient thereof to pay the amount of the tax, together with the costs. To this note the delinquent returned the following cool reply in writing:“Dear Sir—I received your very polite note, and though interesting only to myself, would inform you that I should be extremely happy to find myself with $9 and odd, this morning, after seven years sojourn in you goodly city—every thing in the shape of property, personal or otherwise, having vanished long ago. Nothing but a beggarly account of empty bottles (which I was insane enough at one time to advertise for sale, but can not even give away), remain for you. Trusting you may meet with better success among the rest of your acquaintances,
“I am, dear Sir, yours respectfully,
“_______ __. ______
“P.S. Should it be in your power to place me in any position where I might obtain regular meals (however frugal they may be), you will confer favor on
“Yours, etc. _______ __. ______”
That is funny. Thanks for pointing it out as I missed it when I was printing, cutting & scanning to get the post ready.
The article “The Fall of Islam” is very good and applies well to today in explaining how islam works.
We should bring back the term “mussulman” as it describes islamics much better than the PC terms in use today.
The part about the women and the way they teach the children is also good.
What’s the significance of the black X’s?
The different articles and stories usually begin in the middle of a page rather than starting on a fresh page. I cross out the bits at the beginning or end that belong to articles I don't include in full. Each issue had about 140 pages of material. I only include 25 or 35 pages in my posts so a lot doesn't make it.
Makes sense, thanks~
bump
Looking forward to reading “The Fall of Islam” tomorrow.
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
Mr. Hurlbut/Hurlbert seems to have some interesting similarities with Aaron Burr. I will be checking my library catalogs for his book, “Diary of a Public Man.”
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