Colfax Testimony Details 1000 Dollar Draft and Finances
The excerpt records testimony about a $1000 draft received by Schuyler Colfax in 1868 and related financial dealings. Witnesses including G W Mathews and Mrs Caroline Hollister describe the incident and surrounding letters, with bank explanations and deposits linked to lecturing income. The committee notes the earlier mail flood and missing documents while confirming the broader financial context of Colfax’s three-year period.
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New York Tribune
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West
Lake Superior
Pennsylvania Steel
South Bend
Mathews
Ryckstien Burroughs
Congress
Tribune
G. W. Mathews
G. W.mathews
Colfax
Nesbitt
Schuyler
Ames
Mother Ames
Hollister
Caroline
Poland
Iowa
Kextoee
Mary
Cowris
The Rival Sportsmen
Bill Muggins recalls how Jake Simmons outsmarted him in a hunting trip by stealing his powder from a submerged flask. The tale is shared amid mourners at Jake Simmons's funeral, painting him as both a skilled hunter and a cunning trickster.
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Bill Muggins
Jake Simmons
Jake
Bill
Jerusalem
Adam Eve and Colfax in a Sunday school mix up
A six year old girl in Oswego county New York read aloud to herself after Sunday school: Adam was the first man and Eve was the second and Colfax was the next and there was one more what was his name Ma ma. The tongue in cheek joke plays on nursery mishearing of biblical order and a local humor highlight.
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Adam
Eve
Colfax
York State
Oswego County
N. Y
Mama
Laporte Herald
Perseverance in Creative Work
The passage notes how Newton revised his Chronology 15 times and Gibbon rewrote his Memoir nine times before publication. It also mentions Sir Augustus Callcott producing at least 40 sketches for his Rochester painting, illustrating that patient application and repeated effort create famous works across history.
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Newton
Gibbon
Augustus Callcott
Rochester
Rose on the Lawn: English Journal Discusses Rose Training
The English journal notes roses can be grown with strong stems and trained carefully to form a natural weeping shape. It suggests standard roses create a striking ornamental asset for lawns with branches trained from a single top stem.
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Amery
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