A Boat Against the Current

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Showing posts with label John C.Calhoun. Show all posts

Showing posts with label John C.Calhoun. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

This Day in Southern History (Calhoun, Nationalism, and Early Infrastructure Politics)

Feb. 8, 1817—The U.S. House passed a $1.5 million public works bill proposed by rising young Congressman John C. Calhoun as a means of...

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MikeT: I'm a librarian (no, NOT a "cybrarian" or "information scientist" or any of the other trendy terms the profession has come up with), as well as a freelance writer/researcher; my political leanings are contrarian, much to the dismay of friends on the left and right, and so I will give anyone looking for my vote exactly what they deserve -- the back of my hand

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