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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Sever 11 was filled to overflowing last night with one of the largest audiences that have ever assembled in the room. The occasion was the first of the series of nine lectures on the "Campaigns of the Civil War," its special subject being the second battle of Bull Run. This battle grew out of Gen. Pope's failure to occupy the Confederate armies under Gen. Jackson and Gen. Longstreet, until the army of the Potomac, then operating about Richmond, could meet Lee's army. Gen. Gordon began his lecture by describing the strategic movement of "Stonewall" Jackson from his position...
...been delivering a lecture which is remarkable for its originality. Dr. Hamlin's idea is that each nation should endeavor to confine its trade as much as possible to its own limits. "That nation," says he, "is surpassing all others in the accumulation of wealth that has the largest volume of home commerce and industries." According to the Times newspaper of New York, Middlebury College, of which Dr. Hamlin is president, "will before very long be the richest college in this or any other country, provided, of course, the trustees, faculty and students, put into practice Dr. Hamlin's theories...
...society has now the largest stock of blank books that it has yet put on sale...
...society has now the largest stock of blank books that it has yet put on sale...
...society has now the largest stock of blank books that it has yet put on sale...