{"id":170,"date":"2008-09-26T06:54:13","date_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=170"},"modified":"2008-09-26T06:59:18","modified_gmt":"2008-09-26T13:59:18","slug":"looking-to-history-in-diviningdefining-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/muffinbottoms.org\/?p=170","title":{"rendered":"Looking To History In Divining\/Defining The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal<\/w:View> <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning \/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas \/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables \/> <w:SnapToGridInCell \/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct \/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules \/> <w:DontGrowAutofit \/> <\/w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4<\/w:BrowserLevel> <\/w:WordDocument> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"156\"> <\/w:LatentStyles> <\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><span class=\"mceItemObject\"   classid=\"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D\" id=ieooui><\/span>\n<mce:style><!  st1\\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]>\n<mce:style><!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;} --><\/p>\n<p><!--[endif]--><strong><span style=\"font-size: 16pt;\">During the years 1783-86 Ledyard tried, on both sides of the Atlantic, to find an entrepreneur willing to finance him and provide him with a ship to reach the northwest coast. In the United States, however, from the end of the war on, the state of commercial affairs was becoming worse in the seaports. By the spring of 1784 the glutted market, scarcity of specie, and overextension of credit all combined to produce a serious commercial depression. Although the merchants in Philadelphia and all along the coast were in difficulty, the depression hit New England states the hardest.<span style=\"display: none;\"><br style=\"display: none;\" \/> <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br \/>\n<!--[endif]--><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">&#8212; p13 reprint of John Ledyard&#8217;s &#8220;Journey Through Russia and Siberia&#8221;<span id=\"ctl00_ctl00_cpMain_cpMain_BulletinRead_ltl_body\">e<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.msplinks.com\/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3Lmdvb2dsZS5jb20vYm9va3M\/aWQ9a3o0OEFBQUFNQUFKJnE9am9obitsZWR5YXJkJmRxPWpvaG4rbGVkeWFyZCZwZ2lzPTE=\"><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=kz48AAAAMAAJ&amp;q=john+ledyard+russia+siberia&amp;dq=john+ledyard+russia+siberia&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;pgis=1\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=kz48AAAAMAAJ&amp;q=john+ledyard+russia+siberia&amp;dq=john+ledyard+russia+siberia&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;pgis=1<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the years 1783-86 Ledyard tried, on both sides of the Atlantic, to find an entrepreneur willing to finance him and provide him with a ship to reach the northwest coast. In the United States, however, from the end of the war on, the state of commercial affairs was becoming worse in the seaports. 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