On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 11:14 PM, Melissa P <[email protected]> wrote:
> They have a common ancestor, which isn't all that surprising. > > The highlight of the show, however, was Larry discovering that one of his > great great grandfathers not only fought for the Confederacy, but also > owned at least a couple of slaves! > I recently read Stephen Birmingham's Our Crowd about the German Jewish immigrants who became major financiers in 19th Century America. I was surprised to find out the Lehman brothers immigrated to the port of Mobile, AL and got their start as peddlers in Montgomery. They became cotton merchants and during the Civil War one of the brothers was tasked by the CSA government with selling war bonds in Europe. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
