http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2009/02/a-tale-of-wall-street/ Being a ... course, companion, blog, and book. Tue, 22 May 2012 12:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2009/02/a-tale-of-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-888 Patell and Waterman’s History of New York · WNY Bartleby Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:00:17 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/wp/?p=226#comment-888 [...] Previously. var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more'; [...] [...] Previously. var addthis_language = 'en';var addthis_options = 'email, favorites, digg, delicious, myspace, google, facebook, reddit, live, more'; [...]

]]> http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/2009/02/a-tale-of-wall-street/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Lenora Warren Mon, 09 Feb 2009 21:34:57 +0000 http://ahistoryofnewyork.com/wp/?p=226#comment-108 The link to the sailor's recap of the John C. Colt murder is <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C0CE7DE1738E533A25755C1A9639C94679FD7CF" rel="nofollow">here</a>.It's a fun read on its own, and to me, it helps to amplify that link between Melville as a New York writer and Melville as a writer of sea tales. The "old salt" angle could easily be the author's invention, but I like the idea of memories of an older rougher Wall Street transmitted through the mouth of a sailor. The link to the sailor’s recap of the John C. Colt murder is here.It’s a fun read on its own, and to me, it helps to amplify that link between Melville as a New York writer and Melville as a writer of sea tales. The “old salt” angle could easily be the author’s invention, but I like the idea of memories of an older rougher Wall Street transmitted through the mouth of a sailor.

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