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August 1857
Harper's Magazine archives (subscription required) ^ | August 1857

Posted on 08/01/2017 6:59:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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To: Jim 0216

I believe that was called to ratify the Lecompton constitution and have slavery admitted to Kansas preparatory to its admission as a slave state. Follow the links back to the Feb. 25 1857 excerpt for details.


21 posted on 08/20/2017 8:32:17 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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New source.

James W. Grimes was Governor of Iowa, 1854-1858

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

James W Grimes Wikipedia page

22 posted on 08/21/2017 4:58:47 AM PDT 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

Oh, very interesting, a letter from Abe Lincoln, Atty-at-law, to the Governor of Iowa. This kind of thing is just so quotidian!


23 posted on 08/21/2017 5:09:59 PM PDT by Tax-chick (You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
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Continued from July 29 (reply #59).

[To Mrs. Sherman]

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

24 posted on 08/24/2017 4:51:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years-Volume II

25 posted on 08/29/2017 4:50:43 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from June 11 (reply #15).

[The letter from Chief Justice Taney to President Pierce referenced below was written on this date.]

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Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics" (1978)

26 posted on 08/29/2017 4:54:08 AM PDT 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

Sherman could have been writing about the bankers in the 2007-2008 financial crash.


27 posted on 08/29/2017 5:11:59 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

What a fascinating anecdote, typical of the frontier. I’m sure similar episodes could be found in the career of another frontier lawyer who made the big time: Andrew Jackson.


28 posted on 08/29/2017 10:15:43 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Defensive weapons are not 'provocative' unless you're an aggressor." ~Gen. Mattis)
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Continued from July 23 ( (Reply #49).

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

29 posted on 08/30/2017 4:50:22 AM PDT 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

I believe young Mr. Lincoln, Esq., also mentioned something about Ohio bank failure.


30 posted on 08/30/2017 4:54:16 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Defensive weapons are not 'provocative' unless you're an aggressor." ~Gen. Mattis)
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