Jack Hitt
speaker
849 appearances
5 recordings
2 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 3 Jul
Jack Hitt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And he sort of describes like, you know, these trains are packed and it's full of people escaping the South.
I mean, the war, and he realizes the war is on.
Soldiers are going both ways.
Everyone was getting ready because suddenly Thaddeus realized it was war.
Pivot's beautiful.
He just needs a new stunt and he comes up with it.
And it's only a few weeks later.
So that was April.
Now it's June 18th.
He has come to DC with his gas bag and he's inflated it right outside the White House.
and nailed it to the ground.
But this time he puts a telegraph system in the basket and runs a wire straight down to the ground where he has a little messenger boy.
And he sends the first airborne telegram and the return address is balloon enterprise in the air, June 18th, 1861 to his excellency, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States.
you know, this balloon is right outside his window.
And so he taps out a telegraph message.
The first part of it reads, I can see nearly 50 miles in diameter.
The city with its girdle of encampments presents a superb scene.
So it gets a little poetic, but you know, he is a con man too.
I mean, he's a carnival barker too.
So he adds in a little LinkedIn sort of jibber jabber, right?
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