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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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Cyrus W. Field, Esq. – 1-2
Editorials – 2-3
A Cable-istic Lay – 3-4
The Lounger – 4-5
Laying the Cable in Mid Ocean – 6
The Telegraph Enterprise-Morse and Hudson – 7
The Atlantic Telegraph – 7-15
My Unfortunate Uncle – 16-18
The Little Surprise – 19-21
Gossip About Rachel – 22-23
Wife and Queen – 23

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Five different replies follow about Lincoln-Douglas #1. I will only ping the group to the first one and trust to your ability to find the rest. The first is Allen Guelzo’s descrition and analysis of the debate. It is followed by the takes of Lincoln biographer David Donald, “Team of Rivals” author Doris K. Goodwin, and “Bleeding Kansas” author Nicole Etcheson. Finally is a transcript of the debate probably made possible by the two shorthand-abled gentlemen described in yesterday’s Guelzo post. I plan to follow this posting pattern for all seven debates.

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

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era

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

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

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"Mr. Magie happened to remain over night at Macomb, at the same hotel with Mr. Lincoln, and the next morning took a walk about town, and upon Mr. Magie's invitation they stepped into Mr. Pierson's establishment, and the ambrotype of which this is a copy was the result. Mr. Lincoln, upon entering, looked at the camera as though he was unfamiliar with such an instrument, and then remarked: 'Well, do you want to take a shot at me with this thing?' He was shown to a glass, where he was told to 'fix up,' but declined, saying it would not be much of a likeness if he fixed up any. The old neighbors and acquaintances of Mr. Lincoln in Illinois, upon seeing this picture, are apt to exclaim: 'There! that's the best likeness of Mr. Lincoln that I ever saw!' The dress he wore in this picture is the same in which he made his famous canvass with Senator Douglas." — J. C. Power, custodian of the Lincoln monument in Springfield

List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln