Talk:Andrew Myrick

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I am editing the article. It states the same thing under two headings. I'm going to combine them. --Connor K. 01:15, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

he said "shit" not "dung"

I put in the citation and own this book.

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Mary Todd Lincoln and the Dakota Conflict?

I removed the following statement:

Payments to the Dakota Indians had not been made, partly because of delays caused by the American Civil War and possibly because Mary Todd Lincoln had over spent decorating and cleaning the Executive mansion.[clarification needed][citation needed] She spent the entire four year budget allocated by Congress in a matter of months[according to whom?] and she tried to cover it up; when Lincoln found out he was livid and immediately dispatched Congress to quietly approve two appropriations to pay her bills,[clarification needed] and the money had to come from somewhere.[clarification needed][1] [Bold mine that was removed]

Sorry, but this doesn't pass the smell test... I've read a lot of books on this subject and never heard of Mary Todd Lincoln's involvement with overspending the result of the Dakota War. Better come up with a better source to make this claim... Dinkytown talk 05:33, 15 February 2018 (UTC)

Delete this article

There does not seem to be enough content to justify an "Andrew Myrick" biography article. Yes, he may have been a catalyst to the Dakota War, but he did not really cause it. He was just a spark to much larger issues that the Dakota were protesting by going to war. There is too little information about him to give him an article. His importance is overblown, even if his remarks became famous. Everything significant about him can be folded into the Dakota War. Parkwells (talk) 16:56, 7 November 2018 (UTC)