[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. 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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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Santa Clause Paying His Usual Christmas Visit to His Young Friends in the United States – 2
My Christmas Song – 3
How Rich People Live in the Country in France – 3-4
Editorials – 4-5
The Lounger – 5-7
Financial and Commercial – 7
Weekly Market Summary – 7
Christmas – 8-12
Christmas Eve – 13
The Sisters – 13-14
The American Jack the Giant-Killer and the European Giants – 15-17
Chess Chronical – 18
The Bishop of London’s Charge [From Punch] – 19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from December 24 (reply #18) .]

December 25. Christmas. Most satisfactory day. Higby preached at Trinity Chapel.

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

[PeterPrinciple]

“Time was when it was unlawful to keep Christmas in New England. A penal enactment, were are told, actually forbade the pilgrims and their children from keeping Christmas; so closely was the day connected in their minds with the rite of the Church which they had reason to regard as their oppressor.

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The favorite dish for Christmas Day in this part of the world means to be - as on Thanksgiving Day in New England, roast turkey. It is curious to note, in this connection, that turkeys were introduced into the land of our forefathers contemporaneously with the Protestant religion.

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Note here in Harpers the issue is the role of the state church. But here as history writes, the issue is paganism.

https://www.livescience.com/32891-why-was-christmas-banned-in-america-.html

Now we have a little more understanding of the 4 bottle of rum and turkey pulling the sleigh?

[the OlLine Rebel]

Can you add me to a ping List? I see these Harper threads every so often and I’m fascinated by it.

[mass55th]

Thank you and Merry Christmas!!

Reading through the paper, on page 5, I noticed a story about the death of a convict named More at Auburn Prison in Auburn, NY. That was my first assignment as a new Correction Officer in 1980. Spent a little over 3 years there before transferring closer to home.

There was a story we were told when I first got to the prison, that the City of Auburn was offered the choice of being the State Capital, or having a prison. They chose the prison. Don't know how factual that is, but they say that some myths are based on part fact.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 25 (reply #4). The letter from Ellen Sherman to Maria Ewing cited in the last paragraph of the excerpt was written on this date.

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life