[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

[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

[Rebelbase]

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

I bet he buys the Eire Railroad for a song!