Word: bender
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Dates: during 1888-1888
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...Prosper Bender writes on the "Holidays of the French-Canadians." Americans know so little on this subject that no one can find the article trite. "The French Colony of San Domingo," by Professor E. W. Gilliam, is especially timely as our attention is now drawn to that region. Two other interesting articles are unpublished letters by S. R. Mallory, secretary of the confederate navy in 1861, and by Richard Henry Lee, in 1782. "Francis Marion's Grave," "The Declaration of Independence," and "A trip from New York to Niagra in 1829," are among the other contributions...
...only serves to add interest to the subject. A facsimile of one of President Lincoln's letters accompanies this valuable paper, and an admirable portrait of Mr. Weed is the frontispiece. The second contribution to the number is an article on "Canada: Reciprocity or Commercial Union," by Dr. Prosper Bender, and is calculated to attract popular attention...