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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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Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania – 2-4
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
Scene on the Bridge over the St. John’s River, N.B. – 7-8
The New English Traction Engine – 9-10
Marshal Pelissier, The French Embassador to England – 10-11
Spring Fashions – 11-12
Pictures of Indian Life – 13-16
Phoebe’s Wooing – 17
Spring Talk – 17
Our Charley – 17-19
Miscellany – 19-20
How to Catch Ducks – 20-22
A Packet Ship’s Company – 23-24
Spring Fashions – 24
Affairs at Salt Lake City – 25

Galusha A. Grow Wikipedia page

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Continued from April 27 (reply #13).

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

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

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May 7, 1858. Abraham Lincoln photographed at Beardstown, Illinois. Stephen A. Douglas photographed at Washington, D.C.

“Formerly in the Lincoln Monument collection at Springfield, Illinois. Mr. Lincoln wore a linen coat on the occasion. The picture is regarded as a good likeness of him as he appeared during the Lincoln Douglas campaign.” (From Wikipedia, List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln.)