Quarterman Dates

["John S. Quarterman" <jsq@quarterman.com>]

   [1]Tomorrow:
   December 3

   1695: Scots Act debated, in House of Lords.

   1695:  Settlers  try  to  board,  `` `On December the 3, 1695, we, the
   church  that  was  gathered  in order to carry the gospel ordinance to
   South Carolina, at this time some of us went into a long boat to go on
   board  the  brigantine Friendship, of Boston, in New England, in order
   to our passing to Carolina, but missing the vessel at first, by reason
   of the strength of the wind could not come up with her again, but were
   constrained  to endure the cold two or three hours before we could get
   at any land, till at lenght we got to Dorchester Neck, and from thence
   returned  to  Boston all in safety.' '' -- Elder Pratt's Diary, quoted
   by Stacy in his History. Source: Stacy-H

   1818: Illinois becomes 21st state,

   1818: IL,

   1864: Valdosta First Presbyterian Church, Source: PP

   1948:  Pumpkin Papers came to light, US v. Alger Hiss - 1949-1950 Hiss
   was  accused  of  perjury  involving  purported  Communist  ties. Hiss
   indicated  to  the  Un-American  Activities  Committee of the House of
   Representatives  that  he  did  not  know Whittaker Chambers. Chambers
   testified  as  to  his  prior  association as a soviet sympathizer who
   defected  and became a law-abiding American citizen supporter. Much of
   the  evidence had to do with interesting, evidentiary items concerning
   a  meeting  between Hiss and Chambers when Hiss, meeting surreptiously
   in  Washington  DC with Chambers, observed a prothonatary warbler. The
   case  also  involved  the  so-called  Pumpkin  Papers  and  a  missing
   typewriter on which certain important letters had been typed. Hiss was
   found guilty and sentenced to five years imprisonment and to this day,
   his son and others proclaim his innocence.

   1954:  McCarthy  condemned,  Joseph McCarthy, Senator and witch hunter
   condemned by Senate

   1964: Police arrests 800 at UCal, Berkeley,

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