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From the Easy Chair Vol. 3

by George William CURTIS (1824 - 1892)

The Departure of the Great Eastern

The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican party, and served Ulysses S. Grant; although he split from the party in the 1880s over the choice of presidential candidate. He was an original member of the New York Board of Education. ( Lynne Thompson)

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Listen next episodes of From the Easy Chair Vol. 3:
Bicycle Riding for Children , Cheapening his Name , Church Street , Clergymen's Salaries , Historic Buildings , Mr. Tibbins's New-Year Call , Public Benefactors , Reform Charity , The Boston Music Hall , The Dead Bird Upon Cyrilla's Hat an Encouragement of 'Slarter' , The New England Sabbath , The Reunion of Anti-Slavery Veterans, 1884