 | Nebraska. Department of Public Instruction - 1913 - 216 páginas
...At twenty-one I came to Illinois, Macon county. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard county, where I remained a year as a...came the Black Hawk war; and I was elected a captain oi volunteers, a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went through the... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1913 - 660 páginas
...success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went through the campaign, was elated, ran for the Legislature the same year (1832), and was beaten — the only tune I have ever been beaten by the people. The next, and three succeeding biennial elections, I was... | |
 | Grenville M. Dodge - 1914 - 266 páginas
...continued till I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois and passed the first year in Sanganaw, now in Menard county, where I remained a year as a...me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went into the campaign, was elected, ran for the Legislature the same year (1832) and was beaten — the... | |
 | 1914 - 394 páginas
...refers to this incident in terms that must touch a chord of sympathy in many a breast here tonight: "Then came the Black Hawk War and I was elected a captain of volunteers, which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since" — more pleasure than from his seat in Congress,... | |
 | 1914 - 398 páginas
...refers to this incident in terms that must touch a chord of sympathy in many a breast here tonight: "Then came the Black Hawk War and I was elected a captain of volunteers, which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since" — more pleasure than from his seat in Congress,... | |
 | Jasper Leonidas McBrien - 1916 - 302 páginas
...I was twenty-two. At twenty-one I came to Illinois — Macon County. Then I got to New Salem, . . . where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. Then came the Black Hawk war; and I was elected captain of a volunteer company, a success that gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went... | |
 | Walter Barlow Stevens - 1916 - 86 páginas
...was 22. At 21 I came to Illinois, Macon County. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard County, where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. "Then came the Blackhawk war; and I was elected a captain of volunteers, a success which gave me more pleasure than... | |
 | 1916 - 358 páginas
...Illinois, and passed the first year in Macon county. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard county, where I remained a year as a sort of clerk in a store. In addition to the foregoing I may add that among my acquaintance in central Pennsylvania were several... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1917 - 404 páginas
...At twenty-one I came to Illinois, Macon County. Then I got to New Salem, at that time in Sangamon, now in Menard County, where I remained a year as a...than any I have had since. I went the campaign, was elated, ran for the legislature the same year (1832), and was beaten — the only time I ever have... | |
 | Arthur Lee - 1917 - 340 páginas
...store of education I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity. mon County, now in Menard County, where I remained a year as a...me more pleasure than any I have had since. I went through the campaign; ran for the legislature the same year (1832), and was beaten —the only time... | |
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I was elected a captain of volunteers, a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since. 
