Talk:James Henry Hammond
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Something about his Mudsill speech should be added 152.23.65.115 15:34, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Secret and Sacred Diaries
Can this be found anywhere online? Surely it is in free use now.Zigzig20s 11:13, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
Secret and Sacred is available from booksellers for less than $5. It is readable and interesting. The encounter with Wade Hampton II's daughters pretty much ruined his career - as he found much later, even his wife undermined his prospects in order to keep him at home. He denies association with Calhoun, saying he considered the man politically inept, they had hardly met, and the few letters received from Calhoun were impersonal and didactic. He was greatly concerned that his slave force 'failed to increase', although the financial loss motivated a great deal of that concern.Hughespj 16:05, 30 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Withers letter
Is it really worth the space to go on and on like this about the teenage Hammond's sexual activity. It seems to be quoted merely to titillate - what was the public effect? It is an interesting contrast with 'Secret and Sacred' in which he portrays himself as agued and worn out, hardly capable of offering or resisting any advances whatsoever. Hughespj 17:39, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
