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Letter to the president

No, not the current president. Also, 7 other things worth your time.

Bill Murphy Jr.
Jun 11, 2020
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Bit of a sad story today. Poignant though, and bittersweet. Also, quite old — and yet I hope, relevant.

It starts in August 1881, when a woman named Julia Sand wrote a letter to U.S. Vice President Chester A. Arthur.

This was during a very macabre time: the two-month death watch between the July day when President James Garfield was struck by an assassin…

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