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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. William H. English, of Indiana – 2-4
Contents – 3
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
Coming Through the Rye – 8
The Island of Perim – 9-10
The Central Railroad Accident – 11-12
Life in Boston – 13-16
Jerroldiana – 16-17
The Four-Fold Dream – 17-18
Cod-Fishing on the Newfoundland Shores – 19-21
Miscellany – 21-22

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Continued from May 20 (reply #17) .

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

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"One morning I was in the gallery of Mr. Alschuler, when Mr. Lincoln came into the room and said he had been informed that he (Alschuler) wished him to sit for a picture. Alschuler said he had sent such a message to Mr. Lincoln, but he could not take the picture in that coat (referring to a linen duster in which Mr. Lincoln was clad), and asked if he had not a dark coat in which he could sit. Mr. Lincoln said he had not; that this was the only coat he had brought with him from his home. Alschuler said he could wear his coat, and gave it to Mr. Lincoln, who pulled off the duster and put on the artist's coat. Alschuler was a very short man, with short arms, but with a body nearly as large as the body of Mr. Lincoln. The arms of the latter extended through the sleeves of the coat of Alschuler a quarter of a yard, making him quite ludicrous, at which he (Lincoln) laughed immoderately, and sat down for the picture to be taken with an effort at being sober enough for the occasion. The lips in the picture show this."

— Mr. J. O. Cunningham, present when the picture was taken[

Wikipedia: List of photographs of Abraham Lincoln

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Note, in the lower left quadrant of the “Boston Common” picture on page 13, the two young girls, each holding two sticks in her hands. They are playing the “Game of Graces,” in which two players use the sticks to toss a wooden hoop back and forth.

The equipment for this energetic game is for sale at many historic sites (or it can be made with some hardware-store and craft-store supplies). I believe I’ll try it with the Cub Scouts this summer. The question is whether I can keep them from clobbering one another with the sticks.

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Continued from May 15 (reply #3) .

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