Date:  Thu, 31 Aug 1995 23:57:03 -0400

From:  Al Futrell <awfutr01[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]HOMER.LOUISVILLE.EDU>

Subject: Re: Pot-house politicians (fwd)



On Thu, 31 Aug 1995, Daniel S Goodman wrote:



> A Civil War diarist refered to Washington, D.C. as "a meeting place for

> pot-house politicians, gamblers and conspirators." Does anyone know what

> a pot-house refered to in the 1860s?



"Pot" has traditionally been associated with drinking in once sense and

with gambling in another, so a pot-house could easily be a place where

one does both....



Al Futrell

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