Harper’s Weekly – July 14, 1860

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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 Harper’s Weekly thread

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Eclipse of the Sun on the Eighteenth July – 1-3
Editorials – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
The Salons of Paris – 5
The Seventh Regiment – 5-6
The London Fire-Escape – 7
The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, Walter Hartright’s Narrative Continued – 7-10
Domestic Intelligence – 10
Foreign News – 10-11
Withered – 11
Kitty Dean’s Offer – 11, 14-15
The Fourth of July-Eighty Years Ago – 12
The Fourth of July-Nowadays – 13
The Lots Upon the Raft – 15-16
Captain Brand of the Schooner “Centipede,” by Lieut. Henry A. Wise, U.S.N. (Harry Gringo). Chapter XXXII-XXXV – 16, 18-20
Capture of Sbirro at Palermo – 17, 20
Unroofing of the Brooklyn Academy of Music – 18, 20
Her Bridal – 20
What May Be Expected After the Great Eastern – 21
The Cockney Tourist in America and His Shadow – 22
Complimentary to Paterfamilias – 22

[the OlLine Rebel]

That Brunell was a stunning genius. Exciting to see comic about one of his great projects.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from June 19 (reply #15)

To Therena Bates, Springfield, 16 July 1860

. . . The only thing really that I have to write to-day, is that I am going to start for Terre Haute, Indiana, to-night, to be gone two or three days. . . .

With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

[Jim W N]

Hey Homer, what is the significance of the Writings of John G. Nicolay? I take it it’s a pretty good read?

I’m reading “Lincoln” by Donald right now which sticks as close as possible to Lincoln’s own thoughts. Does Nicolay’s writing give you more of the lay of the land surround Lincoln’s times?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Does Nicolay’s writing give you more of the lay of the land surround Lincoln’s times?

That's about the size of it. Before long Nicolay will be teamed with John Hay, and between them we should get a good idea of the back story of the Lincoln White House. Nicolay's record may not be as interesting as that of Hay. It is not a diary like Hay's, but more a collection of his papers. I haven't read very far ahead, so we can decide as we go along how good a read it is.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 16 (reply #4.)

To Jesse W. Fell, Springfield, 19 July 1860

Yours of the 16th addressed to Hon. A. Lincoln, was duly received and read by him. Enclosed he returns you Mr. Lewis’ letter, according to request.

With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 10 (reply #7.)

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