[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.

Posting history, in reverse order

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Golden Relics – 1
Our Special Paris Correspondence – 1, 3
The Closing Hours of Congress – 2-3
Judge Not – 3-4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-6
The Weekly Farmer – 6
Ye Story of Ye Navy Yard Which Is at Brooklyn – 7-9
Explosion of the “Princess” – 10, 12
Prince Frederick William and His Baby – 11-12
The Sickles Tragedy at Washington – 13-19
Gone to Sea – 19
Our Daguerreian Experiment – 19-20
A Watering-Place Husband – 20-21
Parisian Echoes – 21
The Inquisition’s Gala Day – 22-23
Skating at Boston – 24-25
Things Wise or Otherwise - 25

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from March 10 (reply #13.) ]

March 12. News from Europe looks more and more pugnacious. My belief is that Louis Napoleon intends to fight. I would bet on France in the coming fray, but I hope she may be thrashed and humiliated.

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

[rlmorel]

The “Homicide in Washington” article was interesting to read!

[nwrep]

On page 12 is the picture of the royal announcement of the birth of Kaiser Wilhelm II, the last Emperor of Germany...

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of John Brown, March 16, 1859

Wrote J. B. Grinnell. Wrote A. Hazlett, Indiana P. O., Indiana County, Pa.

SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of John Brown, p. 519

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