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Squire Chase and Widow Hooker wedding caper
A humorous tale follows Tobias Jones plotting a match between Squire Chase and Widow Hooker sparked by a brindle ox found in her field. Jones engineers a tea party, the widower is won over, and Ned Silas Mary Ann navigate courtship, ending in a grand wedding at the oxbow farm with Mrs Jones in new dress.
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Tobias Jones
Mrs. Tobias
Belinda
Ian
Squire Abass
Widow Hooker
Squire Chase
Tobias
Dobbin
Mrs. Jones
Jones
Squire
Tex
Folka
Silas
Mr. Ellis
Ells
Mrs. Hooker
Mr. Jones
Polly Wiggin
Polly
Jerry
Ned
Mary Ann
Mary Aon
Oxbow
Becaues
West Field
Republic
Geta
Thurman
Columbus
Congress
Radical Party
Marshall
Supreme Court of the United States
McCulloch
Maryland
Wheaton
America
Union
United States