FROM CHARLESTON; TRACES OF THE LATE CONVENTION; The Valedictory of Hon. Caleb Cushing (5/5/1860)

New York Times archives - Times Machine ^ | 5/5/1860

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CHARLESTON, Friday, May 4. All the States that approve of an Anti-Squatter Sovereignty platform are invited to send delegates to Richmond. Gen. CUSHING has gone to Sullivan's Island to spend a few days. Strangers are leaving the city in crowds, and the hotels are nearly deserted.

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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.

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From Charleston – 2
The National Convention – 2
The Closing Address of Gen. Cushing – 2
Traits of the Convention – 2
What Returning Delegates Say – 2
Editorial: Mysterious Disappearances – 2-3
Coroner’s Inquests – 3
Fires – 3