Sketches of western life

Harvey Rice

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mrm: ^mM^mmm LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. Shelf..AdV:-lJi:i AMERICA.STATES OFUNITED ^^' ^[^ ^^•^'=^^7^S 110 m6 SKETCHES. GENERAL MOSES CLEAVELAND. Founder of the City of Cleveland. 1796. SKETCHES OP WESTERN LIFE £Y HARVEY RICE BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. NEW YORK : CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM, 1887. Copyright, 1886 By Harvey Rice. / All rights reserved. PREFATORY NOTE. -.o:- The following sketches were written chiefly with reference to incidents and traits of character that Western Reserve frommarked the transition of the a wilderness to the proud eminence of a civilized incidents and traits have marked theland. Similar Atlantic to theadvance of civilization from the Pacific. As elements of history, they all have an the lapse of time— his-interest that increases with a andtory that will never repeat itself. ''Woman Her Sphere," and the Sketches that follow, are in- that they pertaincluded in the volume for the reason achievements of western enterprise and have anto import that is worthy of consideration. Cleveland, June ii, 1886. CONTENTS. GENERAL MOSES CLEAVELAND ii LORENZO CARTER 29MAJOR REV. JOSEPH BADGER 49 HOMES IN THE WILDERNESS 77 WESTERN RESERVE JURISTS 103 FOOTPRINTS OF PURITANISM 129 HER SPHEREWOMAN AND 149 LAND OF FLOWERS 197 DE SOTO 206CAREER OF FIRST SHIP ON LAKE ERIE 231 Cleaveland.Gen. Moses ,.^'' MOSES CLEAVELAND.GENERAL Generalattempting to solve the problem of life,In purpose and lived for a pur-Moses Cleaveland had a controlled by circum-pose.

Sujets

• Carter
• La Salle
• Lawyer
• Badger
• Soto

Informations

• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 12
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

Extrait

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^mM^mmmLIBRARY OF CONGRESS.
Shelf..AdV:-lJi:i
AMERICA.STATES OFUNITED
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110m6SKETCHES.GENERAL MOSES CLEAVELAND.
Founder of the City of Cleveland.
1796.