Lost Live-Oaker Strays in Forest for Four Hundred Miles
An account recalls a woodsman who, trapped by fog and a brutal wilderness, wandered for weeks across pine barrens and rivers. He survived by foraging on cabbage trees, frogs, snakes, and a turtle and raccoon before a distant boat finally rescued him and restored hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ife
Live-Oaker
Poem Fragment from Old Family Portrait Scene
Fragmentary verse speaks of farewell and loss in archaic diction with lines about time and memory. The text evokes old family ties and endings, ending with a wish to farewell and a sense of what has been spent and seen.
Lost Ornithological Biography Fragment in East Florida Woods
Fragmentary report describes workers along the river in East Florida cutting massive trees for timber and naval use. Heavy fog hampers work as laborers, including named figures, proceed with axes to clear land amid a landscape of giant pines and mixed woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ubon
S River
Florida
Ice Houses and Moral Capital in Boston News
The article discusses Boston ice trade evolution, describing Col Metcalf’s Mystic Pond ice house operations, block cutting, canal transport, and export to Rio Janeiro and Bombay. It also contrasts limited early ice access with modern abundance and explains concept of capital, stressing moral capital as lasting wealth.
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Ourself
Boston
Col. Metcalf
Cambridge
Mystic Pond
Medford
Middlesex Canal
Lowell
Rio Janeiro
Bombay
Norfolk
Savannah
Tts
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