Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 31, 1935

Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 31, 1935

Sunday not a day of rest; looking back to FDR's 1934 Easter at sea

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Professor Hamilton's Diary: March 31, 1935
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It was a regular Sunday in 1935, not Easter, but it was hardly a day of rest for Professor Hamilton. He took Gwennie downtown to Sunday school but did not go to church. “I read some in hotel,” he wrote, which makes me wonder if perhaps he found a chair in a nearby hotel lobby until it was time to pick her up. It was a “raw and cold day,” so sitting in …

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