Journey West with ailing travelers and a frontier doctor
In Chapter 11 continued a woman recalls a day in a lonely woods during a hard journey west. Sampson returns with a doctor and tools, and the group endures rain and fever while a young missioner offers aid. They meet Harry Needles, a sick boy from Niagara County, as Dr. Allen and Mrs Rutledge welcome travelers from Vermont to a hopeful, rough frontier settlement.
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Samson
Sarah
Traylors
Niagara County
New
Harry Needles
John Allen
Vermont
Canaan of América
Ress
New Salem Welcomes Travelers in Prairie Settlement Tale
In New Salem Dr. Allen introduces travelers to the village. They enjoy a hearty dinner, meet Abe and Jack Kelso, and discuss land west of town. A timber raise, store duties, and tales round a cabin fire foreshadow frontier life.
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Offut
Abe
Jack Kelso
Bim
Linncoln
Sarah
Land of
Plenty
Samson
Douglas Jerrold
Australia
New Salem
Dr. Allen
Kentucky
Ohio
Clary’s Grove
Sean Hic
Caioa Ee Rama
Isaac Gollaher
Sal Abe
Eb Zane
Kirkham
Wlliam Berry
Traylor
William Berry
Gollaher
Dyerne
Bill
Mr. Traylor
Jack
Jack Kelko
Sanriga
Fragmentary Civil War Era Scribbles About Lincoln
Fragments mention ABE LINCOLN and names such as Joene Monell and Josiah amid references to Sangamon and Ohio. The text is badly garbled, offering few clear events or dates, but signals discussion of Lincoln and locations in the Sangamon region and Ohio.
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Dered Ae
Samson
Philemon Baker
Eetpene
Josiah
Jie
Jone Monell
Sangamon
Ohio
Book as Granaries and Books as Civilizers of the Race
Fragmented prose extols books as granaries of knowledge and civilizers of humanity. It argues that publications guiding public learning and progress engage a person for a lifetime, yet critiques speculative pretensions in intellectual pursuits.
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Irving Bacheller
Abe Lincoln
Aures
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