Ned Bingham brought a troupe of minstrels — April 25, 1861 —
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Gov Nye takes a joke in public, is liked
Gov James nye is tested on 7/4/61 for a sense of humor passes. 3 cities were vying to be the Capitol, Carson, vc, silver city. ST – pg 65 — July 4, 1861 —
Gov Nye makes snap decision about VC
Nye is in VC and they roll ot a grand parade, ball, until 5pm when a duel broke out. Nye decided vc was like NYC and Albany was like Carson — July 15, 1861 —