by Hugh Ross Williamson
1_' What's the Date?
Unless you are a historian, says the speaker, you can't imagine what snags there can be about a simple thing like a date in the past. If, for example, you came across a letter written by someone in Paris to a friend in London dated February 10, 1658, you would have to remember that the Englishman would call that date January 31, 1657. In any history printed before 1835 you are apt to find that any date is wrong--and in this talk Hugh Ross Williamson explains how it all happened.
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 7)