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THOUGHTS ON FRIENDS FATE AND A PRISON SENTENCE
A long miscellany piece argues that friendships vary with fortune and money. It recalls an eighteen year prison sentence for a young robber, praising the officer who caught him, and notes Captain Wm. H. Brown’s suicide amid romantic rumor, while discussing social morals and restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ife
Ledger
Wm. H. Brown
U.S. Cavalry
Chester
Brown
St. Timothy's Hall
Catonsville
Hagerstown
Capt. Brown
Irene Rucker
Gen. Sherdian
New York Tribune
Capt Brown
England
Campbell
Mary—brace
Mary
Baily
Carlosta
Maximilian
Charlotte
Mexico
Lacken
Ble
Candeauz
Queretaro
Justinus Kerner
Provorst
Snort Sy
Spain