Harper’s Weekly – February 2, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 2, 1861

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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.

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles 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

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3928904/posts

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The Mississippi Delegation in Congress – 1-3
Editorials – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Ralph Farnham’s Last Dream – 6-7
Under the Fir Trees – 7, 9
Sea Battery, Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Virginia – 8
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XV-XVI – 9-11
Domestic Intelligence – 11-12
Foreign News – 12-13
Trimming the Church – 13, 15-16, 18, 20
The Dream of a Secessionist-Washington and Valley Forge – 14
Hon. D.F. Jamieson – 16, 20
The Washington Artillery at Charleston, S.C. – 16, 20
The Old Man and His Sons – 17
The Brooklyn Academy of Music – 18-20
Too Late – 20
A Bitter Thought – 20
A Day’s Ride: A Life’s Romance, By Charles Lever, Ch XXXV – 20-22
An Evening with Rarey – 23

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

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Diary of Ethan Allen Hitchcock
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-ethan-allen-hitchcock-february.html

Senator Charles Sumner to George L. Stearns
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/senator-charles-sumner-to-george-l.html

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Continued from January 20 (reply #10), but skipping one section.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3926715/posts#10

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Continued from January 10 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3921609/posts#18

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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Excerpts today –

The Coming Fury, reply #5
Abraham Lincoln to Thurlow Weed, #6
Jefferson Davis, American, #7
and George Strong, here.

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

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

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The Massachusetts 6th Infantry Regiment is ready to go fight the rebels but first they need money from the state for uniforms, weapons, and other equipment.

Colonel Edward F. Jones to Governor John A. Andrew

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/colonel-edward-f-jones-to-governor-john.html

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Continued from January 9 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3921609/posts#15

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Gustavus V. Fox to Virginia Woodbury Fox
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/gustavus-v-fox-to-virginia-woodbury-fox.html

Joseph Holt to Isaac W. Hayne
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/joseph-holt-to-isaac-w-hayne-february-6.html

Captain Gustavus V. Fox: Memorandum for the Relief of Fort Sumter
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/gustavus-v-fox-memorandum-for-relief-of.html

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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

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Gustavus V. Fox to Virginia Woodbury Fox
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/gustavus-v-fox-to-virginia-woodbury-fox_11.html

John Tyler to Governor Francis W. Pickens
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/john-tyler-to-governor-francis-w.html

Isaac W. Hayne to James Buchanan
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/isaac-w-hayne-to-james-buchanan.html

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Continued from February 4 (reply #5).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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

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Memorandum of Capt. Gustavus V. Fox to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/gustavus-v-fox-to-brevet-lieutenant.html