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Harper’s Weekly – September 29, 1860
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| September 29, 1860
Posted on 09/29/2020 6:30:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harpers 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
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Link to previous Harper's Weekly thread
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At Hoboken 1
The Meeting 1, 3
The Washington Aqueduct Bridge 2-3
Editorials 3-4
The Lounger 4-5
Humors of the Day 5
The Landing in Calabria 5-6
Jolly Anglers 6-7
Elfie Meadows 6-7
A Noctuary of Terror 8-10
Domestic Intelligence 10
Foreign News 10-12
The Capture of Andre 12-14
Drifting Away 15-16
The Silver Florin 16, 18
Our Map of Northern China 17-18
A Days Ride: A Lifes Romance, by Charles Lever. Ch. IX 18-20
The Great Invention 20
Coming Home from Newport 21
Seeing the Elephant 21
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posted on
09/29/2020 6:32:28 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Continued from September 28
(reply #14).
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
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09/29/2020 6:35:21 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from September 8 (reply #3).
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
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posted on
10/01/2020 6:38:45 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Continued from July 2 (reply #5). I just searched in vain for the reason I picked October 1 for this excerpt when I prepped it back in August. It might have been because I wanted to get it in before the next excerpt, which is set for election day, November 6.
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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
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posted on
10/01/2020 6:40:35 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Continued from September 14
(reply #11). The John Jay mentioned in this entry would be John Clarkson Jay, grandson of the founder and, like Strong, a Columbia College trustee.
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
John Clarkson Jay Wikipedia page
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posted on
10/01/2020 6:42:58 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, October 1860 . . . It so happens that we have just had a visit from Edwin Morton, Gerrit Smith's private tutor, who went to Europe at the time of John Brown. The wicked flea, whom no man pursueth, Judge Russell satirically termed him: but he is a very cultivated and refined person and had that career among English literati which seems to be cheaply open to all young Yankees.
SOURCE: Mary Potter Thacher Higginson, Editor, Letters and Journals of Thomas Wentworth Higginson, 1846-1906, p. 115
civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com
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posted on
10/01/2020 6:44:43 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from October 1 (reply #6).
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
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posted on
10/02/2020 6:11:02 AM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Italy will soon be reunited into one country.
Next up, Germany.
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Why have Americans historically gone ga-ga for British royalty?
We went to so much trouble getting out from under them!
To: colorado tanker
I’ve seen in some concurrent stories that the Canadians were not nearly so gaga over HRH. Maybe because they aren’t yet out from under.
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posted on
10/02/2020 4:50:35 PM PDT
by
Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
IIRC, he made both the Irish and Scotch-Irish mad, which takes some doing. And, of course, the French are, well, French.
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Continued from September 18
(reply #4).
Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:04:30 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
Continued from September 24 (reply #6).
With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:06:02 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
I dont think I ever mentioned this, but I have a friend who works in the Harpers Weekly art department, so I can get my hands of their illustrations prior to publication. Thats why I can share a picture of the parade George and Ellie and Annie and Cameron watched from upstairs at Tiffanys. This picture wont be ready for the October 6 Weekly. Look for it in the October 13 edition. Lets keep this just between us, OK? I dont want to get my friend in trouble with the Harper brothers.
Continued from October 2 (reply #8).
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
So George was interested enough in the Wide-Awakes spectacle to rent a 2nd story window over Tiffany & Co. where he and Mrs. Strong, Annie Leavenworth, and somebody named Cameron could watch the parade in comfort. Tiffany at that time was not at the location where Holly Golightly went for breakfast. That was on 5th Avenue at 57th St.
In 1860 Tiffany was located at 550 Broadway. Heres a photo from the 1850s.
Heres what it looks like today. (Click on the top picture on the side window.)
550 Broadway, NYC
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:10:06 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Wow, that was really cool. Poor George. I agree with him about the Royal Visit nonsense. This is America, dangit!
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:13:46 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("What we can see of God's canvas is laughably small." ~Bp. Barron)
To: Homer_J_Simpson; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; Rebelbase
"Well, after all, she did get together with George Peppard. I mean, Fred."
To: Homer_J_Simpson
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posted on
10/05/2020 9:57:59 AM PDT
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M Kehoe
(DRAIN THE SWAMP! Finish THE WALL!)
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