Feb 1, 2021
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America’s Last Emperor: Sherman
Chapter Ten
January 15th, 1853
Norton threw the newspaper down on his roll-top desk in exasperation.
It was a month since he’d negotiated a contract for two hundred tons of rice at twelve cents a pound. The day after he had signed that contract, another boatload of unmilled rice came in and was sold for eleven cents a pound. Norton expected that someone…
