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Jim Hill wasted little time, after gaining full control of the Saint Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba, in sending Farley packing. Hill showed little sensitivity to the old man’s ego, to his greed, or to his clear ability to retaliate. When Farley confronted Hill in the spring of 1879 with the impossible demand that he be made a director of the new
... See moreMichael P. Malone • James J. Hill: Empire Builder of the Northwest (The Oklahoma Western Biographies Book 12)
Smith was not only a politician; he was a Tammany politician. In the simple Tammany code, the first commandment was Loyalty. Smith’s loyalty to his appointees was legendary. Once he gave a man a job, he was fond of saying, he never interfered with him unless he proved himself incapable of handling it.
Robert A. Caro • The Power Broker

Colonial newspapers contributed to the perpetuation of slavery. Advertised 250 years ago today: “RUN away ... a NEGROE fellow, named BOB ... he has a general pass ... and goes for a freeman ... I do hereby certify, he is a slave for life." (Pennsylvania Gazette 1/13/1773) https://t.co/QSOZ601G6W
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