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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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Gerard Hallock, Esq. – 2-4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 6-7
The Destruction of the Crystal Palace – 8-11
Pekin, the Capital of China – 11-14
The Poisoned Meal (continued from our last number) – 14-16
The Kiss – 16
Bird-Catching Extraordinary – 16-17
Cable Charms – 17
Darned Stockings – 17-18
The Button – 18-19
The Three Poets – 19
The Paraguay Expedition – 19-20
Chess Chronicle – 21
Cousin John – 21-22

Broadway Sketches – 23
Country Sketches – 24
The Pugilistic Revival – 25

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Israel Whitney to William Still, October 16, 1858

HAMILTON, Oct. 16, 1858.

WILLIAM STILL — My Dear Friend:— I saw Carter and his friend a few days ago, and they told me, that you was well. On the seventh of October my wife came to Hamilton. Mr. A. Hurberd, who came from Virginia with me, is going to get married the 20th of November, next. I wish you would write to me how many of my friends you have seen since October, 1857. Montgomery Green keeps a barber shop in Cayuga, in the State of New York. I have not heard of Oscar Ball but once since I came here, and then he was well and doing well. George Carroll is in Hamilton. The times are very dull at present, and have been ever since I came here. Please write soon. Nothing more at present, only I still remain in Hamilton, C. W.

ISRAEL WHITNEY.

SOURCE: William Still, The Underground Railroad: A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters &c., p. 105-6

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William Still Wikipedia page

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Continued from October 15 (reply #23) .

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

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[Continued from October 12 (reply #13) .]

October 18. People begin to forget the Atlantic cable, now generally conceded a failure. This is Cyrus’s Katabasis. The frantic orgasm of only fifty days ago seems a strange, remote, historical fact. Punch is very funny over our extravagancies of that date. Other English periodicals rebuke them more gravely. We made fools of ourselves beyond all question, but these Anglican criticisms are ungracious. What we exulted over so absurdly was the prospect of closer communication and hourly intercourse with England. The general spontaneous rejoicing of that time (Charles King says every half-fledged village on the upper Mississippi had its bonfire and its speechifications) is among the healthiest and most hopeful symptoms of this people in my day.

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