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There are four posts in The Copy Book assigned to 1860. To see all our posts in chronological order, go to the Tale of Years.

1859 1860 1861

Shock and Awe

By Abraham Lincoln

Fame found Abraham Lincoln before he was ready for the scrutiny of the camera.

Double Standards

By Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson wondered why New Yorkers elected to Congress the kind of man they would turn out of their own homes.

The Sayers-Heenan Fight

By Clay Lane

Victorian England was agog at the prospect of Tom Sayers meeting a confident but unproven challenger from the USA.

Sir William Keeps a Prior Engagement

As told to H. A. Bruce

Sir William Napier stopped to console an unhappy little girl, and made her a promise he did not find it easy to keep.