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Notable Early American Politicians and a Northern Carolina Dining Table
The piece recounts Samuel 8. Cox a proxy minister to Turkey born in 1824 and a long Congressional career. references Uncle Chris a Missouri recluse with a long memory of William Henry Harrison. notes Stanwood North Carolina with a revolving dining table that replaces waiters in a travel anecdote.
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Samuel 8. Cox
Turkey
Zanesville
Brown University
Ohio Statesman
Era
Congress
Columbus
New York
Li Begee
York
Ongister Her Mann
Chris
Missouri
Witch
Kansas City
Wyandotte
Independence
Liberty
China
Daniel Boone
Bill Harrison
Gen
William Henry Harrison
Indiana
Fayetteville
North Carolina
Stanwood
Philadelphia