Charles Sumner

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> Was it, as Navy Secretary Welles believed, “a conspiracy to overthrow the government”?</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> (Congress debates acquiring Alaska, 1867)</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> The Navy and contractor Smith accused each other of fraud. The Navy won—until the President took a hand</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> PRESIDENT LINCOLN MOVES AT LAST<br />
Influence of “Advanced Republicans” Seen as Crucial to the Outcome<br />
THE UNION UNITED STILL<br />
THE PRESIDENT’S TACT &amp; COURAGE<br />
HE WAITED ON THE PROPER HOUR<br />
JUBILATION AMONG THE BLACKS<br />
They Stand Ready to Defend With Arms the Rights Thus Gained<br />
NEW LIGHT SHED ON THE PARTICULARS OF THE GREAT DRAMA </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Whatever you were taught or thought you knew about the post-Civil War era is probably wrong in the light of recent study</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A 19th-century blueprint for the savings-and-loan scandal</span></p>