A Battered Verse on a Mischievous House Boy
A fragmentary poem depicts a bustling house haunted by a restless boy who upends furniture, stains, and dust, while his guardian laments patience and pride. It contrasts this rascal with a quiet neighbor boy described as an angel, and ends with reflections on growing up and fitting into society.
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Burlington Ilank
Proctor
Prof
Swift
Smithsonian Institute
The
Nations Observatory
United States Signal Service
Mother Smpton
Mississippi Barge and Transportation Co
The Creek War Siege and Thane Haden Heroics
In 1813 amidst the Creek War, Fort Sinquefield faced a massive Indian assault led by the Prophet Francia after Fort Mims falls. Thane Haden, a hunter with sixty hounds, charges the attackers to rescue unarmed settlers. his horse dies but he reaches the gates, narrowly saving the fort as Indian forces press the siege.
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Alabama
Great Britain
Weatherford
Red Eagle
Mims
Weat
Indiana
Sinques
Clarke County
Alu
Uwo Fnnilien
Leen Purnoan
Sinquelfield
Fort Sinquefield
Francia
Ile
Francis
Frannin
Thane Haden
Tanac Haden
Haden
Tom Thumb dies at Middleboro aged 52 in 19th century notice
Obituary item recounts Charles Heywood Stratton General Tom Thumb death from apoplexy at his Middleboro Massachusetts home. Noted a history of irregular habits and entertainments, marriage to Lavinia Warren in 1863, and early life in Bridgeport, with Barnum bringing him to fame in 1842. The notice traces his rise to a global icon, earnings, European tours, and later life, ending with reflections and assorted moral quips.
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Charles Heywood Stratton
Tom Thumb
Middleboro
Mass
Lavinis Warren
Bridgeport
Conn
Bar
Stratton
Barnum
Tom
Europe
Yorkshire
England
France
Germany
America
Tom ‘Yhumb
Cordelia Monard
Littl Eva
Europa
Lasvinia
Missie Warren
T Om Thumb
Bridgerport
Newhall House
Milwaukee
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Howse
Avi
Elizabetie Sichola
Robbie
Roy Aris
Atul
Leo
Sint
Andis
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Ty Foo
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Eeisima
George Cary Eggleton
Harper's Young People
Billy
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Canala
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G. W. Mock P
Egypt
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House of Worship
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