Harper’s Weekly – March 5, 1859

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 5, 1859

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[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

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Commodore Vanderbilt – 2-5
Editorials – 5-6
The Lounger – 6-7
A New Race of Monkeys-The Gorillas – 8-10
The Opening of the British Parliament – 10-11
The Napier Ball at Washington – 12-16
Nestor Hall – 16-18
Cast Away – 18-21
Our Special Paris Correspondence – 21-22
Oglethorpe’s Barracks and Tombs – 22-24
Chess Chronicle – 22
The Weekly Farmer – 25
Shocking and Intolerable Insult - 26

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 2 (reply #31.)

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

[Tax-chick]

Re pages 23 and 24, St. Simon’s Island is super exclusive now. We stayed not far away on Fripp Island, SC, when we went to our daughter’s graduation from Marine Corps Boot Camp.

Re the Napier Ball, pp. 12-16, I can’t figure out how they kept those gowns up.

[Tax-chick]

Mr. Strong already thinks Sickles will get off. *sigh*

[GreenLanternCorps]

Carry on, my wayward son.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Oh he will.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

But there might not be peace when he is done.

[M Kehoe]

Hi Teach, thanks for all you do.

“But there might not be peace when he is done.”

Wait a minute. I know how all this ends.

Okay, color me confused.

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

At reply #6 GreenLanternCorps posted the cover art from the 1974 album by Kansas. It is the same art I'm using for this month's posting reply (see reply #1.) along with a line from the song 'Carry On My Wayward Son,' a Kansas hit from a different album. The chorus starts out -

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done.

I was just making a lame jest on it all.

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

“I was just making a lame jest on it all. “

I figured that, but just wanted to post something to mark the thread.

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of John Brown, March 10, 1859

Wrote Augustus Wattles to enclose to E. and A. King; also wrote Frederick Douglass at Detroit; also wrote W. Penn Clarke, Iowa City; also C P. Tidd. Gave Kagi $1 25.

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

civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 5 (reply #3.)

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

[Rebelbase]

Cornelius Vanderbilt on the front page. The Bill Gates of mid century railroads.

I bet he buys the Eire Railroad for a song!

[Tax-chick]

Eire like in Ireland?

[Tax-chick]

I just want to say again, as a victim of very much committee-work, that I totally feel George’s pain. The world is not kind to people who can endure decades of committee-work: it just gives them more committees.

I’m thinking of faking my own death and heading off to one of the less-popular Greek islands.