Dr. Kate Lister

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No.

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Right, right. And it happened with Warren Harding in the early 1920s. When he died, his wife found these 50-page pornographic letters that he had written and women had written him. God damn it. It took her several days. There was a big bonfire in the backyard of the White House. And she'd come in after 12 hours of burning these things with soot and ashes all over her face.

Right, right. And it happened with Warren Harding in the early 1920s. When he died, his wife found these 50-page pornographic letters that he had written and women had written him. God damn it. It took her several days. There was a big bonfire in the backyard of the White House. And she'd come in after 12 hours of burning these things with soot and ashes all over her face.

Right, right. And it happened with Warren Harding in the early 1920s. When he died, his wife found these 50-page pornographic letters that he had written and women had written him. God damn it. It took her several days. There was a big bonfire in the backyard of the White House. And she'd come in after 12 hours of burning these things with soot and ashes all over her face.

Yeah, this went on for several days. And there were still so many more that she took all of these boxes of, you know, some of them were official White House documents to her friend's house across town. And they spent several more days burning them, which led Congress to pass the Official Records Act,

Yeah, this went on for several days. And there were still so many more that she took all of these boxes of, you know, some of them were official White House documents to her friend's house across town. And they spent several more days burning them, which led Congress to pass the Official Records Act,

Yeah, this went on for several days. And there were still so many more that she took all of these boxes of, you know, some of them were official White House documents to her friend's house across town. And they spent several more days burning them, which led Congress to pass the Official Records Act,

that you cannot steal or damage or destroy any official records because there's actually very few left from the Harding administration. She had burned them all just to make sure all the pornographic stuff was gone.

that you cannot steal or damage or destroy any official records because there's actually very few left from the Harding administration. She had burned them all just to make sure all the pornographic stuff was gone.

that you cannot steal or damage or destroy any official records because there's actually very few left from the Harding administration. She had burned them all just to make sure all the pornographic stuff was gone.

Well, let's just examine the story and how it came about. When he was a young lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, he needed a couple of rooms to rent. And he met a young man named Joshua Speed, and they became roommates. And they slept in a single bed, which was very customary for the time. People didn't have their own space the way we do now.

Well, let's just examine the story and how it came about. When he was a young lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, he needed a couple of rooms to rent. And he met a young man named Joshua Speed, and they became roommates. And they slept in a single bed, which was very customary for the time. People didn't have their own space the way we do now.

Well, let's just examine the story and how it came about. When he was a young lawyer in Springfield, Illinois, he needed a couple of rooms to rent. And he met a young man named Joshua Speed, and they became roommates. And they slept in a single bed, which was very customary for the time. People didn't have their own space the way we do now.

If you were a man traveling and you booked a bed in an inn, you might find two or three other people in the bed, complete strangers. Now, that didn't mean you were having a gay orgy. It just meant that's what the sleeping arrangements were for the time. True. had a member of the same sex, a lady-in-waiting, or a gentleman of the bedchamber sleeping with them, if only for warmth in the winter.

If you were a man traveling and you booked a bed in an inn, you might find two or three other people in the bed, complete strangers. Now, that didn't mean you were having a gay orgy. It just meant that's what the sleeping arrangements were for the time. True. had a member of the same sex, a lady-in-waiting, or a gentleman of the bedchamber sleeping with them, if only for warmth in the winter.

If you were a man traveling and you booked a bed in an inn, you might find two or three other people in the bed, complete strangers. Now, that didn't mean you were having a gay orgy. It just meant that's what the sleeping arrangements were for the time. True. had a member of the same sex, a lady-in-waiting, or a gentleman of the bedchamber sleeping with them, if only for warmth in the winter.

It was usually so cold. So that's the story. They had a lifelong friendship. And then in 1999, a gay activist and historian named Larry Kramer claimed that he had dug up Speed's diary and all of these salacious letters about him and his sexual relationship with Lincoln. He never showed them. And he wrote a novel shortly afterward about this relationship.

It was usually so cold. So that's the story. They had a lifelong friendship. And then in 1999, a gay activist and historian named Larry Kramer claimed that he had dug up Speed's diary and all of these salacious letters about him and his sexual relationship with Lincoln. He never showed them. And he wrote a novel shortly afterward about this relationship.