Things I Did Not Know
Mar. 10th, 2009 12:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stoutfellowI'm in the middle of subcataloging The Annals of America, a set of historical documents put out by the Britannica people. Right now, I'm going through the volume on the Reconstruction period, and - though I haven't been reading the documents - I've learned a couple of things that surprised me.
1) I did not know that "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" was a revival song.
2) I did not know that it was Charles Sumner, that old curmudgeon, who was more than anyone else responsible for blocking President Grant's proposal to annex Santo Domingo. Good on him.
1) I did not know that "She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain" was a revival song.
2) I did not know that it was Charles Sumner, that old curmudgeon, who was more than anyone else responsible for blocking President Grant's proposal to annex Santo Domingo. Good on him.
