Imagination and the Life of Government Clerks
A Washington correspondent reflects on imagination and the clerk’s life in government service. He contrasts lofty creative potential with the drudgery of daily duties, gossip, party loyalty demands, and the social constraints of clerks and female aides in political circles.
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Curious history excerpts and early American legends
Curiosities of early America cover the 1617 Virginia assembly, arranged marriages for tobacco payments, witchcraft trials, Puritan reforms, Quaker bans, and perilous colonial life. The piece also notes Plymouth Colony origins, Anne Hutchinson, and Puritan bans on printing and dissent, with later musings on roosters and a long railway update.
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