Amusing Horace Greeley miscues and old Postmaster tale
A historical column recounts Horace Greeley being mistaken for a thief aboard a river boat and released after protests by a crowd, with editorials about Benjamin Franklin’s postal routes and a grandmother’s gun mishap. It notes Connecticut Democrat English switching parties and face for Governor.
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