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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.

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Monthly Record of Current Events – 2-5*
Editor’s Drawer – 6-13
Grab’s Great Gift Enterprise. – 14-15
Fashions for July – 16-17

* The British Royal Navy has been detaining U.S. flagged ships near Cuba as part of the campaign against the slave trade. This has caused tension between the two nations.

Minnesota was admitted as a state and Congressional representatives admitted to House and Senate. The application of Oregon to become a state passed the Senate but not the House. “Opposition was made to it on the ground that the Constitution of the State prohibits the introduction of free negroes and Chinese.”

The Seminole Indians of Florida have been transferred to the Indian Territory.

There is also news from Great Britain, France and The East.

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Continued from June 25 (reply #18) .

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

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[Continued from June 29 (reply #7) .]

July 1. No news yet of Atlantic Telegraph squadron. Much betting on the result; odds that it will be failure.

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

[This I Wonder32460]

Thanks for posting this. My parents have original bicentennial copies of Harper’s Weekly, hidden somewhere. I use to look them over when I was kid in late 60s, early 70s. They were going to sell in late 80s or early 90s but not worth much. Not sure what other dates they may have other then 1876 or what shape the papers are in now.