Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Village Life in America.

January 13, 2013

Village Life in America, 1852 - 1872, by Caroline Cowles Richards

January 13.—P. T. Barnum delivered his lecture on ” The Art of Money Getting” in Bemis Hall this evening for the benefit of the Ladies Aid Society, which is working for the soldiers.  We girls went and enjoyed it.

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