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What was the reaction to President Lincoln's assassination from governments and leaders outside of the US?

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Just reread "Son of the Morning Star" by Evan Connell. What new things have we learned about the Battle of the Little Bighorn since the publication of that book in 1984?

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I have been reading about Williams Parry's 1819 Arctic expedition. During the crew's 10 months stuck in the ice, a regular newspaper, the "North Georgia Gazette," was published and distributed. How much paper (or parchment, or whatever was used) did ships of this time and mission have on board?

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Historical examples of "magical" rivers or streams?

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Linked inside is a manifest of a ship delivering Holocaust survivors to New York in 1950. What would the last column on the right normally be used for, and what do the markings in this column mean?

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What was the reaction to President Lincoln's assassination from governments and leaders outside of the US?	792
Just reread "Son of the Morning Star" by Evan Connell. What new things have we learned about the Battle of the Little Bighorn since the publication of that book in 1984?	2
I have been reading about Williams Parry's 1819 Arctic expedition. During the crew's 10 months stuck in the ice, a regular newspaper, the "North Georgia Gazette," was published and distributed. How much paper (or parchment, or whatever was used) did ships of this time and mission have on board?	2
Historical examples of "magical" rivers or streams?	1
Linked inside is a manifest of a ship delivering Holocaust survivors to New York in 1950. What would the last column on the right normally be used for, and what do the markings in this column mean?	1