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Early Territorial Nebraska Lyceums and Literary Groups
In the territorys first years towns like Brownville Nebraska City and Omaha organized lyceums libraries and lecture series. Debates covered practical versus theoretical education rights and debts while institutes in Nebraska City and Omaha hosted lectures by editors and prominent locals including H H Harding and H Irish. Notable organizers included Robert W Furnas J Sterling Morton and P W Hitchcock.
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Lyceums
Territorial
Nebraska
Brownville Lyceum
Nebraska Advertiser
Brownville
Otoe County Lyceum
Nebraska City
Lyceum
Everett Institute
Everette Institute
H. Irish
the Peoples
H. H. Harding
Institute
Omaha
Library Association