baby the stars and stripes shine bright

how do ya do im lew history sideblog mostly antebellum focused

[eglpresidents]

feel free 2 send in art reqs ill get to them whenever

[millie8012]

Happy birthday to the wonderful man who called Benton's principles "those of a highway robber", Van Buren's "those of a dirty intriguer" and Calhoun's "mere prostitution to popularity".

[ludovicus-phytalmios]

The words on the scroll are "The Book of Nullification."

[pizzamozzazella]

bird, raven, crow

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

So sumner and chase got married in my friend’s tomodachi life

[yunmodaochu]

When they all turned into girls.

The time span of each painting is quite extensive hh.Sorry, historical figure.A little bit lincward.

[johnjacklaurens]

HEAVILY INSPIRED BY CUPTOAST

hello my name is mikey and I’m scared to post this

[fishfan4ever]

Bro I think you might be the problem

[ludovicus-phytalmios]

Commemorating the 162nd anniversary of Nathaniel Hawthorne's death

“ In the name of Hawthorne also we may imagine a curious significance: “When the may is on the thorn,” says Tennyson. The English country people call the flowering of the hawthorn “the may.” It is a beautiful tree when in full bloom. How sweet-scented and delicately colored are its blossoms! But it seems to say to us, “Do not come too close to me.”

Go to the grave where friends are laid,

And learn how quickly mortals fade,

Learn how the fairest flower must droop,

Learn how the strongest form must stoop,

Learn that we are but dust and clay,

The short-liv'd creatures of a day.

Yet do not sigh -- there is a clime,

Where they will dwell through endless time,

Who here on earth their Maker serve,

And never from his precepts swerve.

The grave to them is but a road,

That leads them to that blest abode.

——Nathaniel Hawthorne

[drinkingmelonwater]

i hate these freaks so much

[fluviusy]

“After a certain point in the negotiation, neither man could concede defeat or accept the humiliation of concession. The time for words, for arguments over syntax, was past.”

Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr by Nancy Isenberg

Well I hope they didn’t, Happy 7/11

[judy-ley]

[papanezblues]

doomed ???? yaoi ????

[millie8012]

If you want more doomed yaoi with Seward, here's a part from the letter Albert Haller Tracy gave to him. Tracy was leaving Albany and he couldn't bring himself to say the words to Seward in person, so he gave him some books with this note:

"Do you recollect that it is now about four years ago, when, after being together a few short weeks, I left you for a visit to my friends? But oh with what different sensations! Then as now, my heart was overflowing with tenderness, but then as not now it was filled also with joy and hope, joy in the look inspired by sympathy and esteem - hope excited and sustained by your expressions of affection. The days of my absence tho’ long were not painful for they were passed in golden dreams of a devoted peculiar friendship. How much I suffered when I was first awakened to the perception that that these were only dreams, and how much denied, I will not say - For this you are no way responsible - You loved me as much as you could - more than I deserved. But this pain, this disappointment is my excuse for the capriciousness and too frequent unkindness which I have displayed towards you I could not part without acknowledging my offence, and asking for it not merely forgiveness but oblivion. I have said you loved me as much as you could and more than I deserved - but it was less, far less than I hoped, and my jealousy perhaps has sometimes made it less than it really was. The more one loves, the more he distrusts the feeling which he inspires - at least I have found it so. I have been too sensitive to all that concerned you, especially to whatever diverted your feelings into new channels, and for this cause I have not always felt that pleasure in your success, nor that pain in your disappointments which I should have done."

[papanezblues]

didn’t Tracy also have beef with Thurlow Weed over Seward?

also thank you for sharing this !! :D

[millie8012]

He had, I think both Weed and Frances had a bad feeling about Tracy since the beginning (thb Frances didn't really like Weed either but that's a different story) and only Seward was so oblivious. What's funny, when he found out about the wife situation he didn't tell Tracy anything, but Weed and his other friends knew, so for a long time Tracy had no idea what's going on and why everyone's acting so weird. Seward finally told him in the replay to this last letter and he basically said "I know what you did, leave me alone" and that was the end of their relationship.

[millie8012]

Clay & Calhoun, 1838

[ludovicus-phytalmios]

Today is the anniversary of Henry Clay's death.

[doodle-blight]

🐛

“Ah, yes, a caterpillar!”

Perfect because I’ve been Sumnermaxing lately in a very specific way

[yogurtsiamese]