Harper’s Weekly – June 26, 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]

The Most Reverend John Hughes, D.D., Archbishop of New York – 2-4
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 6-7
Emigrants, and Emigrant Life – 8-11
The Battles of Monmouth and Sullivan’s Island – 12-14
“Enter First Citizen” – 14-15
The Galleys – 15-17
Sowing His Wild Oats – 17-19
The Great Flood – 19-21
Poor Purse – 22
Miscellany – 22
Hoop De Dooden Doo – 22-23

John Hughes Wikipedia page

[PAR35]

That’s a young Hillary Clinton in the photo at the bottom. Look in the audience turned around looking back at the camera. Just to our right of the shield.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

OMG you are right. I never dreamed she was that old.

[PAR35]

The undead live for centuries.

[Tax-chick]

Wow, just like in “Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter”!

I was just reading this issue while hanging out in the clubhouse at the pool, waiting to see if Thor would allow us to resume the interrupted swim meet. (No. Our team conceded.)

I was deeply touched by the sad sorry of “Sowing His Wild Oats.” The adults were a bunch of goofs, but none of it was the baby’s fault, which makes it a Tale for Our Time.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from June 24 (reply #17) .

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

[Tax-chick]

How interesting. “Harper’s” mentioned the visit of the young Englishmen to New York.

The doggerel at the end is cute.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Really? Where? I’m reading the Harper’s as carefully as I read the NY Times during the WWII project. That is to say, not so carefully. That is changing as we get close to the Lincoln-Douglas show and the marvel of the century - the Atlantic cable. I am watching for indications that Lincoln is becoming a figure of national import. And I couldn’t help but notice that the Atlantic cable will become a media sensation, with several pages of each issue devoted to it.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I found it, in The Lounger. I’ll have to watch that feature. It is also where I found the first mention of the “Illinois canvas.” (In August, I think.)

[Tax-chick]

I read Harper’s in more detail than usual on Tuesday during the swim meet’s rain delay.