This is an overview of the chapters of the timeline “Decades of Darkness“. It mentions the important characters in every chapter, and also mentions if some chapter refers to another one.

Content: POD: Thomas Jefferson dies on 6 January 1809. Madison becomes POTUS instead (and Clinton temporarily). The Embargo Act is not repealed. October 1809, the Massachusetts Legislature calls for a constitutional convention. The extremist wing of the Federalist Party, led by Timothy Pickering, demands that New England leaves the Union. On January 5 1810, “Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention” are published, which suggest seven new amendments for the constitution.

Characters: James Madison, George Clinton, Timothy Pickering

References:

Content: The below mentioned discuss “Report and Resolutions of the Hartford Convention”. Madison finally decides to repeal the Embargo Act. But then, Otis and Lowell demand more from the president, to no avail.

Characters: James Madison, Senator William Branch Giles (D-R / VA), Chief Justice John Marshall, George Clinton; Harrison Gray Otis, James Madison, John Lowell

References:

Content: Timothy Pickering withdraws as US senator; then, he does a speech advocating adding the proposed amendments to the Massachusetts constitution.

Characters: Timothy Pickering, Christopher Gore (still governor of Mass)

References:

Content: Republic of New England declared. At the moment, just Massachusetts has joined, but more states are expected to do so. (12th June 1810)

Madison is shocked when five states leave the union, and expects further trouble because Aaron Burr has returned to New York. (23rd July)

Timeline about the events until July 27th.

Characters: Timothy Pickering, Gore, Otis; Madison

References:

Content: John Rhea from West Florida visits Madison, asking for annexation of Florida. While the president declines, senator Henry Clay tells Rhea that the congress has to decide about admitting new states - and with the New England congressmen gone, this could happen.

Characters: Madison, John Rhea, Henry Clay

References:

Content: The British government decides to support New England. They don’t consider the situation a big problem.

Timeline until March 4th 1811. Pickering elected New England president. War hawks like Clay and Calhoun pressure for war with New England. First skirmishes already happen.

Characters: Prime Minister Spencer Perceval, Foreign Secretary Richard Wellesley, former minister to the United States FJ Jackson.

References:

Content: Congress declares war on the British Empire; A War of Ironies; Thomas Pinckney, despite being Federalist, before the First Battle of Amherstburg.

Characters: Major General Thomas Pinckney

References:

• “A War of Ironies: A Short History of the Second War of Independence”

By James E. Howard, Australia 1949

Content: Howard explains how important New York was during the war of 1811, and how opinion about separation in the state was split.

Pickering meets with Burr and De Witt Clinton. Clinton and Pickering agree: Clinton will support NY secession if he becomes next president of New England.

Characters: Pickering, Aaron Burr, Mayor of New York De Witt Clinton (also nephew of George Clinton)

References:

• “A War of Ironies”
• Foreshadowing: A New England army is raised.

Content: Hull wants King arrested in his home, but an unnamed soldier shoots King dead. Then, it’s shown that Burr was behind the assassination. Howard resumes that this drove New York (and indirectly, New Jersey) in the hands of the secessionists.

Characters: General William Hull, Senator Rufus King; Aaron Burr

References:

• “A War of Ironies”

Content: After the lost battle on Lake Erie and the death of captain Perry, Pinckney is forced to retreat. Jackson is doing well in NJ, but then the news of the British occupation of Washington arrives.

Characters: Major General Thomas Pinckney; General Andrew Jackson

References:

Content: Pickering thinks about the going of the war and anti-British sentiment in NE and decides to write a letter, suggesting peace. Madison resumes the US situation, which isn’t that great, reads a letter by Adams and writes another one.

Characters: Timothy Pickering, Tecumseh; James Madison, John Quincy Adams (US minister to the Russian Empire)

References:

Content: In December 1812, Adams (who’s doing negotiations in St Petersburg) muses about his role as a Yankee still serving the *US. Porter muses about Madison’s reelection and the *US constitution, regarding the succession after the death of a POTUS or VP, and other things.

Characters: Tsar Alexander I, John Quincy Adams, Albert Gallatin and Henry Clay; General Peter Buell Porter

References: John Quincy Adams will later return to New England, candidating twice for president (unsuccessfully).

Content: A letter from Gallatin to Strong, who’s now absent from the peace negotiations, suggesting more reasonable demands to avoid long-lasted hatred between *USA and New England; Gallatin and Clay discussing the terms; Excerpts from the Treaty of St. Petersburg, which gives New England independence and the northwest to the Indian Confederation, but also West Florida to the *US.

Characters: Albert Gallatin; Gallatin, Henry Clay, quasi-Russian foreign minister Count Capo d’Istria

References: It’s mentioned that Madison was reelected and thanks to Wilkinson, the SW could be held.

Content: Adams and the count discuss the made peace, when Napoleon is beaten at Dresden. Adams decides to return to Massachusetts.

Pinckney and Peter B. Porter are in NY City while leaving for the *USA, the latter planning to go west.

Characters: Count Capo d’Istria, John Quincy Adams; Pinckney

References: It’s mentioned that “Some British lord had won a significant victory at Vitoria”.

Content: Excerpts from a debate held at the University of Pennsylvania in 1949.

Contra: He lost seven states, Washington DC was burned, and he committed many other mistakes.

Pro: He designed the American flag, made seven new states to make up for the seven ones lost and officially outlawed secession.

Contra: He also didn’t repeal the slave anti-importation act or formalised the rules for indenture.

Pro: The debator thinks New England’s secession was inevitable.

Characters: Two unnamed speakers

References: The states of Washington, Jefferson, Wilkinson and Jackson are mentioned. And the fact that the *US now have 77 states. And the (failed) secession of Pennsylvania.

Content: Extracts from “Napoleon Bonaparte: The First French Tyrant”; and from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Modern European History”.

Chapter 24: Despite of somewhat better conditions, Napoleon loses when the allies concentrate on his marshals instead of him.

Chapter 32: Napoleon defeats Wellington at Waterloo, but loses against Blücher.

At the congress of Vienna, Prussia gets Saxony, but a smaller part of the Rhineland; the Netherlands enter the German confederation; plus, some minor changes.

Characters: -

References: The latter book will make a return in TTL.

Content: Thirteenth to seventeenth amendment of the *US constitution (no honors and such from other nations for *US citizens unless allowed by congress; barring of secession; ruling of presidential succession; OTL 20/25th? amendment, made in 1992; amendment of Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution); Timeline 1811-17.

Characters: -

References:

Content: Abraham Lincoln’s family decides to leave Kentucky for Missouri; Joseph Smith has his first vision (or claims so); eleven-year-old Robert E. Lee swears to clean the name of his family at his father’s funeral; Scott decides to help president Wilkinson building up a professional army; Ferdinand von Bismarck has a newborn son, Otto.

Characters: Thomas Lincoln and his family; Joseph Smith; Robert Edward Lee; Col. Winfield Scott; Ferdinand von Bismarck, his son Otto Eduard Leopold and a midwife.

References:

Content: The final address of Pickering. Excerpts from James H. Worthington’s “1800-1850: Early History of the Republic of New England”. (Timeline 1815-19)

Characters: Timothy Pickering

References: He hopes that the Maritimes will join NE eventually. He’ll be right.

Content: Madison, Monroe and Wilkinson in the White House discuss the fate of slavery and the build-up of the army; Excerpts from a letter from De Witt Clinton to Harrison Otis, about the alliance with Britain, the new state of Maine, and the division of New York state, which Clinton declines.

Characters: James Madison, James Monroe and James Wilkinson (duh); De Witt Clinton

References: The laws on the importation of slaves, seperatist tendencies in the NE are mentioned

Content: The American Colonization Society (with several prominent figures as members) gathers to talk about returning the free black people to Africa; (black) Reverend Samuel Bacon on the ship Elizabeth on the way to Africa in Jan 1820; the same one returned two years later, to report the failing of the first colonization, suggesting Angola for a better place; extracts from “The Rise and Fall of The Liberian Republic: Struggle, Sorrow, Triumph, Growth and Tragedy”.

Characters: James Madison, James Monroe, Francis Scott Key, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, Reverend Finley (organisator of the meeting); Rev. Samuel Bacon; Rev. Samuel Bacon, James Madison.

References: NE president Otis is mentioned to want reconciliation with the *US. How Wilkinston, Liberia came to its name. The Expulsion Act of 1854 is also mentioned.

Content: Rhea thinks about the readmission of slave trade that’s about to fail, then talks to Clay about making slavery legal in all territories, remembering their first meeting ten years ago. Clay suggests Rhea the governorship of West Florida.

Characters: John Rhea, James Pleasants, Henry Clay

References:

Content: Two commanders hunt for slave ships, talk/think about how the French are invading Mexico and Argentina - which Britain allowed France for banning slave trade in return; Excerpts from “Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions: Examples of the March of History”, analyzing why France failed with its interventions.

Characters: Cmdr Matthew Calbraith Perry, Cmdr Albright

References: Many slaves which officially are for Cuba end in the *US, since the *US don’t care much to enforce their own laws against slave trade. And the *US are angry about Britain trying to increase influence in the Americas.

Content: Timeline 1820-25 (from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”); Extracts from “Slaves, Serfs and Peons: Indenture in the Industrial Age”, about how the *US were still split about the topic of slavery.

Characters: -

References: Matthism is mentioned.

Content: Extracts from “The Seventh President: A Calhoun of Contradictions”, about the very same; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary”, about the meaning of “war tortoise”; Extracts from “United States Foreign Policy 1789-1833: The Northern Obsession”, about the reasons for trouble: slavery, slave trade, wish to restore *American honor, the Indian Confederation...

Characters: -

References:

Content: Tecumseh is dying and expects the palefaces to make war; Jackson prepares the declaration of war (of 1833); Commodore Warrington celebrates the first *US victory; Jefferson Davis destroys Prophet’s Town.

Characters: Maywathekeha, Tecumseh, his wife Nenexsa; Andrew Jackson, Secretary of War John Eaton, Henry Clay; Commodore Lewis Warrington; First Lieutenant Jefferson Davis

References:

Content: The leading British politicians speak about the war in North America and the troubles in Ireland, which distract them; Seymour hopes for British support; Scott in reconquered Detroit.

Characters: British Prime Minister Robert Peel, Foreign Secretary Lord Aberdeen, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Lord Anglesey; NE president Horatio Seymour; General Winfield Scott, First Lieutenant Lee

References:

Content: A “Where are they now?” until the 1833 war.

Characters: Many.

References:

Content: A captain in the Continenta army creates a poem about ravens; Indian warriors expect a victory against the *Americans; French captain Forey meets Zachary Taylor, to volunteer; Bowie and Briscoe in the proclaimed republic of Texas.

Characters: E.A.Poe; Black Sparrow Hawk; Captain Elie Frederio Forey, Colonel Zachary Taylor; James Bowie, Andrew Briscoe

References: Forey is a veteran from France’s invasion in Venezuela.

Content: Excerpt from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”, a timeline 1826-33; from “Among The Ravens: The War of 1833 and its Historical Context”, about the war-torn 1830s

Characters:

References: Joseph Smith founds his Nephite church; Abraham Lincoln’s family moved to NE; Patrick Matthew wrote his book about evolution; Democratic-Republican party falls apart, into Democrats (under Andrew Jackson) and Patriots (under Calhoun); Russian-Ottoman War of 1834-1836, revolutions throughout Europe

Content: Clay tells Dallas to ask the Czar for mediation in the war, after the *US have made their objectives; article from The Hartford Sentinel about the combined British-New English victory at Norfolk; Editorial from the same, condeming the *Americans; another editorial, condeming Charles X who now joined the war; Commodore Perry and Captain Albright on the Nantucket, telling why half of the British fleet stayed in Europe, to fight France.

Characters: Secretary of State Henry Clay, minister to Russia George Mifflin Dallas; Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Captain Albright

References:

Content: John Brown and Aaron Burr plan an uprising, to make Pennsylvania secede; Santa Anna capitulates to the victorious Texans, and is told to strike against the emperor now; Forey on the way to Quebec meets Poe; Perry and Albright have a plan involving sailing up the Potomac; Excerpts from “Among The Ravens: The War of 1833 and its Historical Context”, about the successful raid on Washington DC

Characters: John Brown and Aaron Burr; Generals Sam Houston and Peter Buell Porter, and Santa Anna, and Davy Crockett; Elie Frederio Forey and Edgar Allan Poe; Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perry, Commander Albright

References:

Content: Extracts from “Slaves, Serfs and Peons: Indenture in the Industrial Age”, about the growth of slavery (also in acceptance) between 1810 and 1850, especially industrialized slavery due to the war of 1833.

Characters: -

References: The many forms of indenture within the *United States are mentioned: peonage, debt-bondage and slavery proper.

Content: Article from The Boston Wanderer, about the four revolutions that happened in 1834 (Pennsylvania, ); John Brown’s unsuccessful uprising in Pennsylvania that just lead to the split of said state, but also saved New England from being conquered; Another Boston Wanderer article, about the French revolution that year, which lead to the December monarchy; excerpts from “Misfits of History” about the failed Belgian revolution; entry from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary”, about emperor Agustin de Iturbide, who was toppled by Santa Anna

Characters: Radical abolitionists John Brown and Elijah Pennypacker, Penn. governor Joseph Ritner, George Wolf of Westylvania; William I of the Netherlands; Agustin de Iturbide and general Santa Anna

References: It’s said that the December Monarchy would be replaced by another republic and another empire, and this wouldn’t last forever either. Matthism is mentioned again.

Content: President Oakley in the Federal House thinks about giving the Indian confederation to the *US for a peace; Clay, David Crockett Harrison Otis in Sweden doing negotiations; a letter from Clay to Andrew Jackson about the slow proceeding of said negotiations, although Britain and New England are willing to concede Texas to the *US; article from The Stirling Daily Mirror, mentioning that the negotiations broke down in december 1835.

Characters: NE president Oakley; *U.S. Secretary of State Henry Clay, David Crockett, Harrison Otis, Karl XIV of Sweden

References:

Content: Extracts from “Stars and Stripes Redundant: The War of 1833”, about the battle-less year of 1836; Excerpt from “Among The Ravens: The War of 1833 and its Historical Context”, about the Canadian rebellion; White and Clay talking about Jackson seeking a third term; another excerpt from “Among The Ravens”, about the Battle of New Orleans, won by Jefferson Davis, and the new negotiations

Characters: *US Senate president Hugh White, Henry Clay

References:

Content: The king and PM of Britain talking about the new negotiations, with the question of slave trade being a problem; general Porter celebrating the peace / victory, thinking about the new frontier in the southwest

Characters: British Prime Minister Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice of Lansdowne, new king Edward VII; General Peter Buell Porter

References:

Content: Article from The Knoxville Register, how president Mangum was shot by a free black, making Lewis Cass new president; Clay, Cass and Rhett discussing sending free blacks to Liberia, and making freeing them harder

Characters: Henry Clay, Lewis Cass, Senator Robert B. Rhett

References: The treaty of Detroit, which ruled the *US-Canadian border is mentioned, as is the earlier forming of the National Guard

Content: Joseph Smith, Jr. speaks about his religious visions, renews the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; the most important people of the Nephite church deciding to go west; after released from jail in Illinois, Young and Smith jr decide to leave the *US and go even further west; timeline 1845-50 from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”

Characters: Joseph Smith, Jr.; Joseph Smith, Jr., his wife Mary Ann, his brother Samuel Smith, Parley P. Pratt, David Whitmer, the three High Witnesses, Brigham Young; Brigham Young, Joseph Smith, Jr

References:

Content: Baldwin and Palmerston talk about creating a unified kingdom of Canada within the empire; Mangum’s reaction, who’s not exactly pleased; Webster thinks that New England should get a concession for accepting the Canadian kingdom; Baldwin and Palmerston continue talking, about Webster’s idea to buy the maritimes; Webster toasting new King James I of Canada

Characters: Canadian Representative Robert Baldwin, British Foreign Secretary Henry Temple Palmerston; *US president Mangum; NE President Daniel Webster; Robert Baldwin and Palmerston; Irish immigrants Seamus and Patrick O’Grady in Dearborn, Wisconsin (OTL Chicago), who don’t like the idea of a Canadian king at all; Daniel Webster, King James I

References:

Content: Farragut welcomes Dr. Adhemar in Ballington, East Florida (OTL Miami) in 1839; Adhemar operating in the Caribbean in 1840, when a slave tells the *Americans the site of some pirates near East Cuba; Adhemar and Farragut in Guadeloupe, which is occupied by the *US; Adhemar discovering mosquito bites as a reason for yellow fever; Adhemar being interviewed by Grant about his mosquito theory; article form The Ballington Express, how Adhemar discovered a vaccine against yellow fever

Characters: Doctor David Adhemar, Commodore David G. Farragut; Adhemar; Adhemar and Farragut; Adhemar; Adhemar and reporter Ulysses H. Grant

References: A ship-of-the-line is named after Warrington, who lead the successful attack on New York (#25); the *US capital has been moved to Knoxville, TN

Content: John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay witnessing the hanging of John Brown; timeline 1833-50 from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”

Characters: John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, Governor Wolf, John Brown

References: It becomes apparent that slavery is perpetuated in the *US: Indiana and Illinois allow slavery, while Iowa and Coahuila can’t become states because they’re too much anti-slavery yet

Content: Development of various important countries in the world until 1849

Characters: -

References:

Content: Population Data for the North American states. At the moment, 15.7 millions *Americans (3.5 m of them slaves) face seven plus a quarter m New English, two million Canadians (and 400 thousand in the Maritimes)

Characters:

References: As said, Nova Scotia was bought by New England from Britain

Content: Excerpts taken from “1849: The Great Year Of Revolution”, with citations by Karl Marx, Tocqueville, and Lewis Cass; the revolutions in Italy, which were suppressed by Austrian Marshal Radetzky; the February Revolution in France which succeeded in kicking out king Louis Philippe and making the Second Republic

Characters: Field Marshal Josef Radetzky; King Louis Philippe

References:

Content: New king Willem III of the Netherlands who wishes to rule in his strifed country; Kossuth speaking before the Hungarian diet, on the success of their revolution in Hungary, calling people to take up arms; Nicholas I denying Austria help against the Hungarians

Characters: Crown Prince Willem Alexander; Lajos Kossuth; Tsar Nicholas I, minister for education Sergey Uvarov

References:

Content: Extracts from “1849: Case Studies in Revolution” about the Chartist rebellion in Britain and the Young Ireland rebellion, which were handled better than those in France; Extracts from “Schleswig-Holstein: The Danish Tragedy”, how S-H was separated from Denmark; Extracts from “The Three Kaisers: The Rise of the German Confederation 1815-1867”, how Germany was united as a Reich under, well, three kaisers.

Characters:

References:

Content: Three Greeks in Odessa form the Friendly Society, planning to liberate Greece; Bishop Germanos watching the first town to be liberated in the Greek Revolution; deadly sick Lord Byron remembering a poem for Greece he created some months ago; Sanford asking shipbuilder Bayard to make sure that the Greeks will get their ordered ships for a fair price; Lord Byron seeing the frigates arrive in Greece; Count Kapodistrias in Navplion, new Greek capital; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the very same.

Characters: Emmanuel Xanthos, Athanasios Tsakalof, Nikolaos Skoufas; Bishop Germanos; George Gordon, Baron Byron; William Bayard, his secretary, NE VP Nathan Sanford; Lord Byron; Count Iaonnis Antonios Kapodistrias

References:

Content: Travis in still-not-renamed Knoxville gets an offer from Lewis Cass: If he can bring rebellious Mexican California into the *US, he’ll become general or governor; when said expedition meets Mexican general/governor Vallejo, he surprisingly doesn’t mind to be annexed, after which they create a new flag for Mexico; extracts from a letter by Colonel William Travis to his (Mexican) wife.

Characters: Colonel William Barret Travis, Lewis Cass; General Mariano Vallejo, Travis’ expedition

References:

Content: Extracts from “United States Foreign Policy 1789-1833: The Northern Obsession”, about how the *US exchanged its “northern obsession” with a southern obsession; Excerpts from “The 100 Most Influential Men In World History”, counting Lewis Cass at #74; Taylor in Fort Bowie, Jefferson, waiting for the invasion into Mexico; Scott and Cass discussing the situation in Mexico: Scott suggests a naval assault on Yucatan, but Cass declines; Mendez writes a letter to the Americans, inviting them to Yucatan, where the Indios get too “uppity” against the Spanish.

Characters: General Zachary Taylor; General Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass; Governor Santiago Méndez

References:

Content: Grant interviews Kearney and Mendez in meanwhile-occupied Yucatan, where they try to suppress the Indios; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary”, about the “Jaguars”, the former 1st West Florida Volunteer Infantry, the new *American elite unit; Extracts from “Marching Into Mexico: The 100th Anniversary of the First Mexican War”, how the *US easily won after no other power intervened, since the Mexicans had declared war first

Characters: Ulysses H. Grant, General Kearney, Governor Santiago Méndez, an interpreter, soldiers, Mexicans

References:

Content: Treaty of Zitacuaro, which gives more than half of Mexico, plus Yucatan, to the *US

Characters:

References: Note that the treaty doesn’t allow Mexicans in the ceded lands to become *Americans

Content: Text of the Independence Day Address of New York State Senator Abraham Lincoln, where he condemns the *US, but also criticizes that men of foreign birth / without enough property / living in Michigan or Nova Scotia can’t vote; Popular and Electoral Vote for President in 1850: While William L. Dayton (Rep.) should’ve gained a majority, unfaithful electors send the election to the House of Reps, which give the presidency to Robert Ch. Winthrop (Fed.) instead; Extracts from a letter written by Thomas Wilson Dorr to Abraham Lincoln, which helps Lincoln to change party affiliation, to the Radicals.

Characters:

References:

Content: A movie by United German Studios in 1942, about Bismarck; Extracts from “The Confederation War: Germany versus Europe?”, about the War of 1852/53, which the German confederation won, and why.

Characters: Actors Hans Lüchel, Adolf Goebbels, Karl von Schmidt, the director

References: The relations between France and Britain are worse than in OTL, because they almost fought each other during the war of 1833.

Content: The Presidential Elections of 1852, from “The Atlas of American Political History”, which Cass overwhelmingly won; extracts from his private diary, where he muses about what to do with the conquests; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the Columbia Treaty of 1849, which ruled the border between Canada and the *US (the 46th parallel); an article from The Knoxville Register, about “The threat of free Negroes”, from 1853; the 19th amendment (suggested by senator Robert B. Rhett) which allows to re-enslave or remove free blacks in the *US

Characters:

References: Note that Britain is willing to settle the friction about the Canadian border, since they already worry about what might happen in Europe.

Content: Excerpts from “The 100 Greatest Events That Changed The World” - place 15: U.S. President Jefferson Davis’s “Manifest Destiny” Speech, 1859; The Presidential Elections of 1856, from “The Atlas of American Political History”, which brought Davis into the White House; an article from The Columbia Register, about Davis’s inauguration, and how he renamed Columbia; President Jefferson Davis’s address to Congress after the annexation of Nicaragua, 1859

Characters:

References: In Davis’s speech it’s hinted that *America will become a more complex society, with additional classes besides whites and slaves.

Content: The Dutch / German Navy under Captain Fokker reclaims Formosa (Taiwan), starting to acquire the German colonial empire; Excerpts from “The 100 Greatest Events That Changed The World”, place 78: Rear Admiral Fokker’s Expedition to Nippon, 1856; Fokker and Perry have a formal dinner together, talking about the world’s situation.

Characters: Gillis Fokker; Gillis Fokker, Admiral Perry

References: The new unfied German language, Neudeutsch, is mentioned. As is the looming war between Russia and Britain, for the Ottoman Empire.

Content: From “The Whitman Encyclopaedia: Volume 23: Famous Americans (7th Edition)”, about: Junius Smith, who founded the *American tea industry in 1834, but also started using slavery for shipbuilding; Stephen Decatur, who was killed during the Pirate Wars in 1840; Matthias William Baldwin, who developed the “Ironside”, a better locomotive in 1832 and introduced it to Brazil; James Gillespie Birney, who unsuccessfully opposed slavery

Characters:

References:

Content: The lives of various characters (A-C) until ~1855

Characters:

References:

Content: The lives of various characters (D-H) until ~1855

Characters:

References:

Content: The lives of various characters (J-M) until ~1855

Characters:

References:

Content: The lives of various characters (N-S) until ~1855

Characters:

References:

Content: The lives of various characters (T-Z) until ~1855

Characters:

References:

Content: Edward and Charles talk about the critical situation, with Ireland revolting and a war with Russia being close. They come to the conclusion to make Ireland a kingdom within the empire, with Charles as king; Extracts from “The Russian War: Awakening the Northern Bear”, about the war that broke out in 1858; From “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary”, about Russian admiral Nakhimov; Extracts from letters sent by Sergeant Jonathan Pierce, while his regiment was serving in the quelling of the Indian Mutiny, where he witnesses the unspeakable massacres committed, as he thinks, inspired by the Russians.

Characters: King Edward VII, his youngest brother Charles

References: New England also joins the war on Britain’s side, and Russia will lose Alaska.

Content: Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1854, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History”: The Radicals are becoming a strong party, while the Federalists are losing - Republican Pierce is elected president; Selected Important Dates in North American History: 1850-1855, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England History”; Lincoln meets with Hamlin to talk about making Nova Scotia and Michigan states; Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1858, from the same source: Lincoln becomes new president, although just having the plurality of electors and even lagging in the popular vote; Letter from John Davies, Connecticut to his brother in Australia, telling him about the division in New England about the difficult election

Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Hannibal Hamlin

References:

Content: Excerpts from “Great American Speeches”, John Henry Hammond’s address to the Senate, in response to the reading of a copy of Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address: he belittles the New English system, which doesn’t allow reelection of presidents and accuses them to be hypocrites for excluding men from voting, and also about slavery (he counts factory workers as quasi-slaves); Excerpts from “Slavery in the New World: How the Industrial Age became the Second Dark Ages”, about how agricultural science made plantations viable again in the northern *US; Extracts from “Slaves, Serfs and Peons: Indenture in the Industrial Age”, how the Yucatan system (i.e. serfdom and debt-slavery) could be used by the *US to maintain their slavery-based society, and how cotton rose and fell again in importance; Excerpts from “Slavery in the New World...”, again about the serfs and peons which many Mexicans in the conquered areas became, but also how Hispanic influence came about; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary”, about the Citizenship Act, which made provision for serfs, debt-slaves, peons, slaves, convicts, Indians, and “other persons who shall be held indentured”.

Characters:

References: Note that Hammond states that whites “never should be slaves” . If he only knew...

Content: Jamison meets with some influential Cubans who want Jefferson Davis to annex Cuba, to avoid that slavery is abolished; Davis decides with Barnwell that since Brtain and New England are bound in war, he can annex Cuba, and prepares the same for Nicaragua; Duarte wonders who could prevent a similar fate for the Dominican Republic, and decides to ask Lincoln for help; Lincoln thinks about what he can do in his four-year term to prevent slavery, when Duarte’s letter arrives.

Characters: *US Consul to Cuba Richard Francis Jamison, Francisco de Frías, some other unnamed Cuban gentlemen; Jefferson Davis, Secretary of State Robert Barnwell; President of the Dominican Republic Juan Pablo Duarte; Abraham Lincoln and his secretary.

References:

Content: A synopsis after 50 years of the TL; President Abraham Lincoln’s address to the New England Senate, responding to Jefferson Davis’s “Manifest Destiny” speech after the annexation of Nicaragua; he urges the senators to accept a protectorate over Santo Domingo to preserve freedom abroad; first state visit between Lincoln and James I, where they talk about the Domingo protectorate - plus, Lincoln suggests buying New Brunswick and combining their armed forces; From “The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire”, how said empire was finally broken up.

Characters: Abraham Lincoln, James I of Canada

References:

Content: Population Data for the *United States of 1860; The Presidential Elections of 1860, from “The Atlas of American Political History”, which Davis easily won

Characters:

References:

Content: Population Data for New England, Canada and British North America in 1860; Davis and Barnwell meet about the Domingo protectorate, but Davis decides not to make war with New England, but instead more filibusters in Central America; Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about filibusters, which kead to a *US acquisition of Honduras and Puerto Rico; Davis and Barnwell again, after a filibuster by Lansdowne in Veracruz was unsuccessful

Characters: Jefferson Davis, Secretary of State Robert Barnwell

References:

Content: The New White House Funeral Sermon for President Jefferson Davis who was shot by a Mexican; Myers is told by Pinckney that the assassin was a Mexican acting under the orders of Ignacio Salanueva; Myers and Lord Lyons at the execution of the assassin - Myers promises not to annex all of Mexico, but tells that war is inevitable; Text of the United States’ declaration of war on Mexico

Characters: President Abraham Myers, head of the DC National Guard Colonel Pinckney; Abraham Myers, Lord Lyons

References:

Content: A Book Review of “So Far From God: The History of the Mexican Wars”, by a descendent of David about said wars, which doesn’t say much about the causes of them however; Excerpts from “The Historical Detective: The Assassination of President Jefferson Davis”, which is pretty unclear even today; Myers takes his oath a president; Excerpts from the Treaty of Veracruz

Characters: Abraham Myers, Judah P. Benjamin

References:

Content: Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1862, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History” - the Republican Haines is new president, despite having the least amount of popular votes, because the electoral college has to decide the election again; The Presidential Elections of 1864, from “The Atlas of American Political History”, which Myers narrowly wins against ex-general Travis; Selected Important Dates in North American History: 1851-1865, taken from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”

Characters:

References:

Content: Excerpts from “Misfits of History”, about the turmoils and the Fall of the Swiss Kingdom; from “The Swiss and Italian Wars: Europe in Crisis 1858-1864”, how the German confederation decided to interfere, how Italy was united (which cost some Habsburgs their lands) and how the Germans could win Switzerland; Extracts taken from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Modern European History” about the Second Congress of Vienna (1863/64) which reordered European borders and split up Switzerland

Characters:

References:

Content: Excerpts from “A Jaguar’s Life: An Autobiography” by James Fisher from West Florida - how he joined first the army and later the Jaguars to escape his little village, and what he felt when David was assassinated

Characters:

References:

Content: More excerpts from “A Jaguar’s Life: An Autobiography”, about the training, how they got their first Spencer rifles, later were deployed in Cuba hunting rebelling slaves and their sympathizers and supporters - Nicaragua, where the *US want to build a canal, will be his next deployment.

Characters:

References: Fisher mentions at one point that they capture a “Portuguese peacock”. He’ll appear again.

Content: After having won in Yungan, Kwangsi province, Hong Xiuquan, the “son of Christ” and leader of the Taiping rebellion, receives a vision that tells him to chase out the Manchus from China. Excerpts from “The Long Road: A History of the Taiping Revolution”, which tell us that the Taiping could capture Nanjing, failed to take Beijing, but some years later took Shanghai. From “The Whitman Encyclopaedia: Volume 23: Famous Americans (7th Edition)”, about Frederick Townsend, a soldier of fortune who decided to help the Christian Taiping win. More excerpts from “The Long Road:...”, how the capture of Shanghai lead to the eventual victory of the Taiping, the capture of Beijing (which became Xinjing) and a Qing Manchuria under Russian protection.

Characters: Hong Xiuquan

References:

Content: A brief tour of the wider world through to 1865.

Characters:

References:

Content: Dumont is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the new English-speaking settlers in Assiniboia, and the government exerting more control. O’Grady, an immigrant in Dearborn who’s also dissatisfied, starts an uprising against the Nephites. Excerpts from “Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions: Examples of the March of History”, about the Metis and Irish rebellion, which is eventually solved by the king who grants more rights to the Catholics.

Characters: Louis Dumont, governor of Assiniboia; Seamus O’Grady

References: One of the reasons for the uprising is the cooperation of New English and Canadian armies. The role of the king becomes stronger.

Content: The Presidential Elections of 1868, from “The Atlas of American Political History”, which Hugh Griffin clearly wins. Excerpts from “The 100 Most Influential Men In World History” by Alexandra Samotsova, about Hugh Griffin, who makes place #18. From “Eagle’s Wings, Lion’s Heart: A Biography of President Griffin” about Griffin, how he manages to start his reign with the annexation of Honduras. Griffin and Willem III meet to negotiate about a sale of the Caribbean colonies of the Dutch to *America. Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the “Canal War” (1871) within Costa Rica, which gave the *US a more southern border, so they could build the Nicaragua canal. Griffin surprises his Secretary of State when he advises him NOT to oppose Mexico’s claim over Guatemala - since he knows that this will alienate Mexico from everyone else. Griffin receives a letter from Mexico that tells him dictator Salas made a mistake. Excerpt from “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about said “Gomez letter”, in which the *US are invited to make war with Mexico against Britain. Extracts from a letter by Captain Pablo Bustamante, in which he tells his wife how Griffin, as said, alienated Mexico from all possible allies. Excerpts from “The 100 Greatest Events That Changed The World”, at place 82 the Caribbean Purchase, which gave the *US all the French Caribbean. Extracts from “From Napoleon to Peter: International Relations in the Nineteenth Century (1789-1906)” - how Disraeli’s government falls due to *America’s unchecked growth, and how Britain starts the Bogotá Pact since Germany under Bismarck isn’t intersted in transatlantic affairs.

Characters: Kaiser Willem III, Hugh Griffin; Secretary of State Edwin McCullough, Griffin; Griffin and his secretary

References: Two *American presidents of the future, Mitchell and Nielsen, are mentioned.

Content: Population Data for the North American States: 1870. At the moment, there are 35 million *Americans (24 million of them free) against 16.6 million in the north. From “Abolitionist and Anti-Slavery Literature: A Review”, about various famous anti-slavery writings in DoD. Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1866, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History”, which William Seward wins, again via the electoral college. A letter from Hugh Griffin with his condolences for the death of Seward, which makes Barnum new president.

Characters:

References:

The World Factbook - Australia (1953 edition) Australia has over 50 million inhabitants, three quarters of them are white, Roman Catholics are the biggest single denomination (one third), and its monarch is referred to as head of the “Restored Empire”. Since 1947, it has broken diplomatic contact with the *US.

Content: Taken from “The Rayne Diaries: The Life of New England’s First Great Spy”: Timothy Rayne was New England’s first master-spy, one of the first agents of the DFS (Department of Foreign Security), who started his career in 1865, met the “peacock” Alberto in Cuba in ‘67, prevented an *American filibuster by Colonel Quigley in ‘68, was sent to Spain in ‘69, wher he was killed one year later. Extracts taken from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Modern European History”, about the Congress of Versailles, which divided up Spain.

Characters:

References:

The World Factbook - Ireland (1953 edition) Ireland also is part of the Restored Empire, and of the GEEU too. It has a queen and a female prime minister.

Content: Excerpts from the Independence Day Address of President Hugh Griffin, promising great times coming. Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1878, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History” - Radical John Adams IV wins, while the Republican vote collapses. Selected Important Dates in North American History: 1866-1880, taken from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”

Characters:

References:

Content: Taken from “Napoleon III: Idealist, Nationalist or Opportunist?”: While critical, this short entry ranks him positively. Extract from: The Encyclopaedia Recidivus (3rd edition), about Napoleon III’s life, how he f.e. expanded France’s colonial empire.

Characters: It’s mentioned that Napoleon III was the only Napoleon who died while being head of state.

References:

Content: Population Data for the North American States 1880: 45 million *Americans (31 million of them white) stand against 21 million in the north. The Presidential Elections of 1880, from “The Atlas of American Political History”: Thomas “Old Tom Silver” Corbin narrowly wins. From “Slavery in the New World: How the Industrial Age became the Second Dark Ages” (1860-1890) about the reduction in cotton profitability and the adoption of bonded labour from Central America

Characters:

References:

Content: From “Unique Story of a Marvellous Career: The Life of President Phineas T. Barnum”: How he started to make money as a boy, and made his presidency “the greatest show on earth”. John Adams IV goes incognito on a ferry to dedicate the Colossus. From “Wonders of the Modern Age”: The Colossus of New York, a gift from the Greek people to New England. All the four heads of the North American states at Lincoln’s funeral; Adams and James are in sorrow that another war with the *US would result in defeats, and Diaz tries unsuccessfully to enter the Bogota Pact.

Characters: John Adams IV; John Adams IV, Thomas Corbin, James I, Manuel Diaz, NE Secretary of State Daniel Fisk

References:

Content: Napoleon and Peter sign an alliance (”axis”) against Germany. Corbin goes to New England, for Lincoln’s funeral, and finds out that Mexico and New England are trying to impove their connection. Clay, who helped Corbin win the White House, receives a telegram to wreak havoc in Mexico. Clay tries to press Corbin into a war, but Corbin disagrees and Mahan doesn’t the idea like that much either. Corbin reads an article how railroads in Mexico were sabotaged and suspects Clay. Mahan’s diary entry from 26 September 1881: “The interlude is over.”

Characters: Napoleon IV, Peter IV of Russia; Thomas Corbin, John Adams IV, James I, Manuel Diaz, Jonathon Albrecht; Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Northern Pacific Railroad, Brutus Junius Clay, his secretary; Brutus Junius Clay, Thomas Corbin, General Edward Mahan; Thomas Corbin

References:

Content: Fisk is surprised when war between the *US and Mexico is about to break out, just at the time Edward VII died. Corbin tells Fisk that he can’t/won’t stop the war; they just can get a declaration of neutrality. Text of the United States’ declaration of war on Mexico on 4 October 1881. Hill is angry because he can’t take a part in the Mexican conquest, and Mahan tells his adjutant afterwards that the army had to deal with worse generals.

Characters: John Adams IV, NE Secretary of State Daniel Fisk; Daniel Fisk, Thomas Corbin, New England minister Henry Astor; General Edward Mahan, Lieutenant General George Hill, Mahan’s adjutant Major Peabody

References:

Content: Fisk receives the telegram that Britain won’t make war and hopes for the best. The “peacock” wants from Artaud a meeting with a highly placed individual within the *American Department of Foreign Affairs. Bismarck fears a war with France and Russia and hopes for British help. Thomas Corbin wants to avoid war with Britain and New England, but can’t grant them recognition for their protectorates. Then, instead, he stops the African slave trade. Mahan in Mexico has to scold a subordinate general who didn’t what he wa supposed to do. From “So Far From God: The History of the Mexican Wars”, how Mahan marched into Mexico City

Characters: NE Secretary of State Daniel Fisk, New England minister Henry Astor; Marcel Artaud aka Alberto Zarco, and the Portuguese peacock; Reichs Chancellor Otto von Bismarck; Thomas Corbin; Daniel Fisk, Henry Astor, Thomas Corbin; General Edward Mahan, Brigadier General Hamilton

References:

Content: Mahan in Mexico City meets Fisher and suggests him to train some more Jaguar regiments, to prepare for the expected trouble. From “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History”, about the collapse of the Republican party after 1872, esp. under John Adams IV’s government. John Adams IV’s speech in 1882 to push through the Sixth Amendment. The Sixth Amendment itself, which gives any male over 21 the right to vote. Excerpts from: “No Cause Too Radical: A Social History of New England From 1850-1950”, how Adams IV transformed New England into a more egalitarian state, by the expansion of the franchise, the anti-child labor Factory Act and increasing the immigration. Two quotes from ex-president Winthrop who opposed the Sixth Amendment, and Admas IV, who defends it.

Characters: General Edward Mahan Mahan’s aide Captain Johnston, Jaguar Captain Fisher. John Adams IV.

References:

Content: Extracts from: “From Napoleon to Peter: International Relations in the Nineteenth Century (1789-1906)”, how Napoleon IV dismembered Aragon in 1882/83 successfully, but thus drove Britain towards Germany. General Juarez receives new smokeless Adams guns from the “peacock”

Characters: José Ramon Juarez, Alberto “the peacock”, a soldier named Miguel Calatrava

References:

Content: Juarez defeats a troop of “chacals”. Australian immigrant Macarthur comes to San Francisco, meets “emperor” Norton I. When Britain and Germany threaten war over Aragon, Napoleon IV decides to strike NOW. A letter from Norton I to Richard IV.

Characters: José Ramon Juarez, local guerrilla commander Ernesto Obregón; William Macarthur, “emperor” Norton I, Jonathon Bradbury; Napoleon IV, Foreign Minister Antoine Dumouriez

References:

Content: From “Land of Hope and Glory: The Complete History of Australia, 1788-1948”, about the spreading of the settlements during the early decades, and how the enslavement of the Koori was prevented. Madden discovers gold in Lewis Pond Creek, near Bathurst, New South Wales. From “Land of Hope and Glory...” about the Gold Rush. From “The Eternal Friend: Gold Throughout The Ages”, how the many immigrants and the end of convict transportation changed Australia. From “Land of Hope and Glory...”, how after 1850 the Australian aristocracy came into existence. From “McGuire Atlas of Australian Military History” about the military achievements of Australia. From “Land of Hope and Glory...”, how he federation came about and got its king George in 1882. From: “Classics of Australian Literature”, William Charles Wentworth’s poem about Australia.

Characters: Daniel Madden

References: It’s mentioned that in 1946, Australian forces are deployed on five(!) continents.

Content: Canrobert is dissatisfied about Napoleon’s crazy plan to strike into Germany. Napoleon gives a rousing speech to his soldiers. Bazaine salutes the emperor in occupied Saarbrücken. Beart destroys the Pulverturm in Mainz with a detonation. From “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the battle of Mainz, which France won. Bismarck oversees the orderly evacuation of Frankfurt. Napoleon IV orders to burn the Reichstag.

Characters: Marshal Francois Canrobert; Napoleon IV and many of his soldiers; Marshal Pierre Bazaine; Sergeant Jean-Louis Béart; Reichs Chancellor Otto von Bismarck; Napoleon IV

References:

Content: From: “No Place in the Sun: France From Great Power to Great Embarrassment”, how Napoleon IV failed to see that the conquest of Frankfurt didn’t mean the end of the war. King George and Kelvin decide to invade the Spanish Philippines to prevent them falling to Germany or Nippon. Morton asks Radama II to surrender due to the war with France, which the king declines. From “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the battle of Oppenheim. Brisbane wins a sea battle near Dover, preparing for the landing of the British Expeditionary Force near Dunkirk.

Characters: King George of Australia, Prime Minister Lord Percy Kelvin; King Radama II, Frederick Morton; Petty Officer Herbert Brisbane

References:

From the World Factbook - Ceylon, which is also a part of the Restored Empire.

Content: Excerpts from “A Jaguar’s Life: An Autobiography”, how James Fisher trained the new Jaguars and fought to “restore order” in Mexico and caught three of the four “great generals”. Mahan tells Fisher that Juarez is the man they’re looking for, on the day “Old Tom Silver” dies. Fisher finally finds and executes Juarez.

Characters: General Edward Mahan, Captain James Fisher, Mahan’s adjutant; General Juarez, Ernesto Obregón, James Fisher, a Catholic priest

References:

Content: Verdi is ready to invade Lombardia. From “Thomson’s Illustrated Guide to the Second Napoleonic Wars”, about the Italian front, where the Italians make great progresses, although the Austrians successfully resist and later strike back. Fermi oversees an attack with the new artillery against the Austrians. From “Thomson’s Illustrated Guide...” about an Italian counter-offensive near Parma. From “A History of the Italian-Speaking Peoples”, which says that while Italy did better than its allies, this would create problems later. McInnis and his men in Gibraltar are close to capitulation.

Characters: Marshal Giuseppe Verdi; Captain Bruno Fermi, Zahra; Sergeant John McInnis, Privates Carter, Anderson

References:

Content: “Divided we stand; united we fall: Spanish history from world empire to world embarrassment” a modern history lecture series by Professor Josiah Menende, why Spain fell apart - and how it foolishly attacked Portugal, thus drawing the *US into the war.

Characters:

References:

Content: Popular and Electoral Votes for President in 1884, from “1810-1910: A Century of New England Political History”, which the Federalist Gould wins. Moltke talks with Bismarck about Britain’s attack on Gallipoli, and Bismarck suggests taking out Russia by defeating them on German ground. Extracts from “From Napoleon to Peter: International Relations in the Nineteenth Century (1789-1906)”, how Peter IV left the war after losing Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria.

Characters: Field Marshal Helmuth Graf von Moltke, Reichs Chancellor Otto von Bismarck

References: The burning of Frankfurt is mentioned, as is New England’s entry in the war on Britain’s side.

Content: Selected excerpts from: “Thomson’s Illustrated Guide to the Second Napoleonic Wars” - Timeline of the Second Napoleonic Wars, which end with Napoleon IV’s abdication

Characters:

References:

Content: Three liaison officers witness the horrible battle inside Madrid. Extract from the Encyclopaedia Recidivus (3rd edition) about Czar Peter IV, who wanted to conquer Turkey and reformed Russia for this purpose, but had to abdicate in 1906. Korsakov meets the Czar and persuades him to form a Duma and to grant a constitution. From “The New Oxford Historical Dictionary” about the December Manifesto, a pledge from Czar Peter IV to reform Russia. Korsakov celebrates the first meeting of the Duma.

Characters: Captain Jonathon Friedman (New England), Jaguar Captain Anthony Harman, Flecha Captain Vasco Lavrador (Portugal), Captain Juan Aznar (Spain); First Deputy of the St Petersburg Soviet of Workers Deputies Mikhail Araslanevich Korsakov, Czar Peter IV; Chief Minister of the Duma Mikhail Araslanevich Korsakov, Minister of the Interior Count Stolypin, Minister of Finance Count Gromyko

References:

Content: A synopsis of events after 75 years of the Decades of Darkness TL. From “No Place in the Sun: France From Great Power to Great Embarrassment”, how Napoleon IV’s diplomatic mistakes lead to his defeat. From “Blood and Iron: The Concise Encyclopaedia of Military History” about the (casualties from) Second Napoleonic Wars. From “The Compleat Textbook Series: Modern European History” about the Third Congress of Vienna, which also divided Africa into spheres of influence.

Characters:

References:

Michelle Kelvin and her husband Baron Andrew Kelvin from Australia visit Germany and have a look at Frankfurt before going to their hotel.

It’s mentioned that Germany defeated seven nations in the “Great War”, and the airport is full of uniformed and armed men, which isn’t the case in other countries Michelle knows. And the relation between Australia and *America seems to be extremely hostile. Germany seems to control all of Europe west of the Russian border.

Content: Griffin and princess Maria, “The little flower” meet in Columbia City and talk about the institution of slavery. The emperor and his daughter talk about the Bogota Pact and decide to honor the *American soldiers who helped them. Excerpts from “A Jaguar’s Life: An Autobiography”: James Fisher writes about his “adventures” in Brazil, meets princess Maria and receives the Order of the Southern Cross, with a special approval. The Brazilian ship-of-the-line Riachuelo sinks while in Uruguay. From “Without a Trace: A New Investigation of Nine Lost Ships and Their Fates”, how the Riachuelo sank, which lead to the war of the Quadruple Alliance, and who might be responsible for it. Empress Maria signs the declaration of war to Uruguay.

Characters: Princess Maria de Bragança e Bourbon, Hugh Griffin; Emperor Dom Pedro II, Princess Maria; Miguel Rodrigues

References:

Content: Fox offers empress Maria that Britain could help negotiating, which she declines, since she’s got support from *America. Gomes oversees the attack against the Uruguayans. Morrison sees the Brazilian flag rising over Montevideo. Martinez approaches Gomes to tell him that Paraguay and Charcas have entered the war against Brazil, so they decide to make a truce. Maria doesn’t want peace, since Chile is about to enter the war against the Quadruple Alliance. Brazilian cylinder-gunners attack the Argentinians in Uruguay. From “The Sword and the Cross: A History of Imperial Brazil” about the war of the Quadruple Alliance (incl. timeline). Maria allows Fox to mediate for peace.

Characters: British ambassador James Henry Fox, empress Maria; Brazilian Lieutenant-General Bruno Gomes; Captain Henry Morrison (*USA); Bruno Gomes, Argentinian Colonel Rodrigo Martinez; Empress Maria, James Henry Fox; Colonel Duarte, Sergeant Ricardo Barbosa, Corporal Rocha; Empress Maria, James Henry Fox

References:

Content: A brief tour of the wider world through to 1885/86

Characters:

References:

Content: The Presidential Elections of 1888, from “The Atlas of American Political History”: Mahan and his young running mate Lewis Mitchell defeat sitting president David Richards. President Mahan meets with Brutus Clay to tell him that he plans to fight monopolies, and wants to start in the railroad business. Population Data for the North American States 1890: 68 million *Americans (43 millions of them white) face 28 millions in the rest of North America. Selected Important Dates in North American History 1881-1890, from “The Compleat Textbook Series: Early American History”.

Characters: President Mahan, Brutus Clay

References:

Content: Excerpts from “Design and Evolution: The Natural Selection of Species” by Patrick Matthew, where he claims that new species may form after catastrophic events. From “Emigration Fields”, also by Patrick Matthew, advocating emigration to avoid starvations. Excerpts from “A Different Flesh: The Hireling and the Slave”, where the author advocates slavery as the best form of labor for blacks. From “America In Upheaval: The Dawn of a New Epoch”, where the author asks what proper place the Indians and mestizos should have. Extract from a speech by Governor Charles Ramsey of North Carolina, where he calls for expansion. From the editorial of the Columbia Register, where the author claims that a new race has emerged: The *American one.

Characters:

References:

Content: From “Gold and Flame: The History of the Modern Olympiad”, how the Modern Olympiad came into existence. From “Fifty Not Out: Test Cricket 1872-1922”, how cricket became popular (again), even in Germany. From “Baseball: New England’s National Pastime”, about New England’s national pastime. From “Football: One Name, Many Games”, about the many (more than IOTL) different kinds of football. From The Culiacán Journal, about the old sport of Ringball.

Characters:

References:

Content: The composer Shicklgruber witnesses how the Holy Roman Emperor watches the premiere of his opera “The Ship of Phantoms” in Vienna. From “Yellow’s Notes on (Ernst) Grillparzer’s War of the Clouds”: about the author, a grandson of famous Franz Grillparzer, and his book, a pessimistic work about a Venusian invasion of Earth, predicting cloudships, tanks, missiles and poison gas. From “Yellow’s Notes on Hanson’s The Chrononaut”: about the author, and his work - a timetraveller visits first the past and then the future, eventually deciding to stay there.

Characters: Johannes Georg Shicklgruber

References:

Content: From The Encyclopaedia Recidivus about the “Gothic novel” (which some people define that it includes some of Grillparzer’s novels). From “From Grotte Chauvet to Grosse Chapman: 30,000 Years of Painting” about Momentism, DoD’s Impressionism. Karl Rudden witnesses a royal wedding, but is bored of it. Napoleon IV gives his son the advice to wait for his chance in republican France, before abdicating and killing himself. Napoleon IV’s “Dernière lettre au Français” (Final Letter to the French), which made a great impression.

Characters: Karl Rudden; Prince Charles Jean Louis Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor Napoleon IV

References:

Content: From “Old World, New Land”: A Social History of the Province of Wisconsin”, about the Irish immigration which heavily influenced the province. From “Historical Maps of Canada and British North America”, about its population makeup (Irish, English, Germans, Scandinavians, Yankees). From “Letters Home: Letters from Settlers”, by Robert Zeitland to his brother Karl, asking him to move to Big Bull Falls from Dearborn. Another letter from Thomas Dombeck to his sister, written from prison after they founded a miners’ union. From the Wisconsin Historical Archives: Declaration of the Ideals of the Wisconsin Republican Party. From “Rebels in our Midst: Radical Politics in the Kingdom of Canada”, how the Republican party emerged and later united with the labor unions to form the Labor party.

Characters:

References:

Content: Julia Gordon, despite twenty-one and still unmarried, persuades her father to let her go to Nicaragua. Julia arrives in Nicaragua, where she plans to found a plantation. Julia eats her first banana and has a business idea. One year later, Julia’s plantation flourishes, and she has found a girlfriend. Julia is invited to the White House by president Griffin.

Characters: Julia Gordon, her father Richard; Julia Gordon, her personal maid Abby, Harry Walker; Julia Gordon, Abby, a banana seller; Julia Gordon, her girlfriend Yolanda Fuentes, Harry Walker; Julia Gordon, Yolanda, president Griffin.

References:

Content: Julia Gordon and Griffin are interviewed, and Griffin uses the opportunity to advertise his canal idea. Julia returns to her father’s plantation when he tells her he’s going to sell it. Julia talks to Mitchell to expand her banana business into New England. Julia confesses Yolanda that she’ll marry Harry Walker. Announcement from The Granada Mural that Harry Walker and Julia had their first child, William James.

Characters: Julia Gordon, president Griffin, Jesse Grant and other reporters; Julia Gordon, her father, Lucy (a house slave); Captain Anderson Mitchell, Harry Walker, Julia Gordon; Julia Gordon, Yolanda

References: