Creative History

    Door to door salesman Edward Payson Weston is twenty-two years old.  He has been scraping out a living in and around Boston, Massachusetts, walking from house to house attempting to sell books--sometimes Bibles and religious tracts; sometimes racy semi-pornogrphic pamphlets and scandalous newspapers--whatever, as long as he can make a buck and sell something. Weston is also a gambling young man, immensely handsome, popular with the ladies and a bit of a dandy--he is often in debt and always behind on his bills. In late October of 1860, Edward Payson Weston, believes that Abraham Lincoln will lose the upcoming Presidential Election that November and, as always, he’s willing to bet on it. Weston and his friend George Eddy, an idealistic young man and a fervent abolitionist, are downing shots of whiskey at a Boston tavern when the subject of the upcoming election arises, as it always does in the weeks and months leading up to the War Between the States. Ed dy i...