Douglas memory for faces described by Washington Post
The Washington Post notes Stephen A. Douglas had extraordinary face memory. At 1880 election night in New York he greeted Colonel Harmon by name after meeting once fifteen years earlier. Douglas explained he marked people he wished to remember and never forgot.
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Stephen A. Douglas
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John W. Forney
Garfield
Hancock
Harmon
Detroit
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Dougas
New York
Baltimore
Breckinriffee
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Ife
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The British Cabinet Secret Documents and Printing Methods
The cabinet uses individual keys and a dispatch box to guard papers during crises. Secret documents are printed in a controlled process where copies are shredded into small parts and assembled by a trusted official. In India, common tasks are done in reverse order, such as reading and writing directions, prompting remarks from Lady Wilson.
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Downing Street
National Magazine
India
Lady Wilson
Ayah Lars
Fragmentary Court Exchange and Wit in 19th Century Papers
A garbled court fragment features lawyers arguing a date slip and a counterclaim while witnesses respond in court style. It includes asides from St James Gazette and Washington Star with quips on grammar and wit about a man’s “discussion on the brain” referenced by doctors from the Baltimore American.
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King’s Counsel
St. James
Baltimore
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