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Letters

Readers Respond to the November Issue

January 2009

Letters

Readers Respond to the November Issue

December 2008

Letters

Readers Respond to the September Issue

November 2008

Letters

Readers respond to the August Issue

October 2008

Letters

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September 2008

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas debated in seven different locations in Illinois.

Lincoln-Douglas Debate Negotiations

Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas engaged in pre-debate negotiations in 1858

August 31, 2008

Letters

Readers Respond to the June Issue

August 2008

Letters

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July 2008

Letters to the Editor

Readers Respond to the May Issue

June 2008

Letters

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May 2008

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April 2008

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March 2008

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February 2008

Letters

Readers Respond to the November Issue

January 2008

Van Gogh painted this portrait of himself, dressed as a bourgeois, in Paris, where he stayed with his brother Theo and continued to hone his painting skills. Van Gogh's brief flirtation with the separate, dappled brushstrokes of pointillism is evident in this early effort, which is one of his best paintings from 1887. (Self-Portrait: Three Quarters to the Right)

Letters from Vincent

Never-before-exhibited correspondence from van Gogh to a protégé displays a thoughtful exacting side of the artist

January 2008

Letters

Readers respond to the October issue

December 2007

Letters

Readers respond to the August issue

October 2007

Letters

Readers respond to the September issue

November 2007

War Correspondence

Letters between George Washington and Marquis de Lafayette

August 31, 2007

Letters

Readers Respond to the January Issue

March 2007