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I hr* I mint.tin I errvIn opposition to St hmeh/er,Kneas Pern brook sup{*rtr*d hv Faston, established a Iotj at Alton. which hr (ailed the FountainFori \ So*»n afteiward a feu » a-bins were busit amund die landmg siir w hi* li is now the foot of Market Street,The firs* \eaj cave the town no brilliant promise of future giowth Its lt;onlt;lition bv the veir ISJS is desi riberl h\ the Rev,Thomas Ijpptnlt; ott In a fewdays aftet nn arrival in St Lou %* •I was employ'd tlt;o a btt]r while! to do some writing for RufufI Kaston, Fq One of the job*- e\ elt;*uted h me foi him uav inaMr 4 I a fan i. op\ of 4 map of Alton A town w ho h he had laid out theprevious \ear.I he map a designed for exhibition m the I «st m order to alfc* i the sal# of lot* I took som* pain4* to make it look well and 1 believe 1 gave satisfactionAfter a few months spent byme as clerk in a store. Col La ton prof*osrd to me that I shouldtake a stor k of goods, m partnership with him, and k^p a storeat Alton, and accordingly I he*dame a resident in Illinois n,,y become a state on the first ofI clt; ember 1818
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Alton Daily Telegraph
Alton, Illinois, US
Tue, Sep 04, 1962
Page 17
Full Page
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Hayner P.
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