Posts Tagged “Abraham Lincoln”

George S. Boutwell, Radical Republican, 1865

November 24, 2012 by PaulM Posted in Current Events, Greater Lowell, History, Lowell, Politics, Election 2012, Culture Leave a Comment

In the film “Lincoln,” during the scene in which the roll is being called for votes for and against the adoption of a Constitutional amendment to ban slavery, I couldn’t help wondering who was representing Lowell in the US Congress at that moment. According to the ever-useful “Cotton Was King”…

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Whitman and Lincoln

December 16, 2010 by PaulM Posted in Culture, History, Lowell 1 Comment

The NYTimes online has an ongoing series about the Civil War, started in anticipation of the 2011 anniversary year when we will see lots of attention being paid to the beginning of the Civil War. This blog has already moved in that direction. Today’s entry at the NYT site is…

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