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Simon Suggs card trick leads to gambling claim and memory of Joseph Bonaparte
In a Augusta style tale, Simon bets using a card trick with his father Jedediah Suggs as the stake bearer. The trick shocks the elder, who contemplates the risks while Simon mocks old beliefs. The article then shifts to a biographical sketch of Joseph Bonaparte, recounting his exile life, roles in France and Spain, and public benefactions in America.
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Simon Suggs
J. Muoper
New York
Wiaves
Times
Suggs
Tallapoosa
Simon
Bull
Sinon
Hubn
Jadediah
Betty
Cupid
Sisson
Oglethrop
Old Jedediah
Bob Swith
Mr. Suggs
Augusta
Itsell
Bob Smith
Bob—Smith
Jack
Jeddiah Suggs
Siown
JodWiah
Sunon
Theo
Jeu
Iah
Mr. Sugg
Sugen
Simona
Twan Jock
Heints
Bén
Zartin
Satan
Didge
Ben Simon
Cever
Benjasmin
Georgia
Joseph
Napoleon
Corsica
Auzun
Cesar
Alexander
Ajacio
Freeden
Roederer
France
United States
Laneville
Continent
England
Amiens
Louis
Boulogne V
Lombardy
Noreover
Naples
Caroline HI
Bayonne
Spain
Bin
Iran
Paris
Congress
Bonaparte
Bonapart
Delaware
Mexico
oeSti
Florente
Ita &Ses
Fim