 | Lewis Baxter Monroe - 1872 - 432 Seiten
...obtained at intervals about one year's schooling, in the common schools. At nineteen he made a trip to New Orleans as a hired hand on a flatboat. In 1830 he settled at Macon, 111., and assisted in building a flatboat, on which he again visited New Orleans.... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 926 Seiten
...received but little education. He worked hard for ten years on a farm, -and, at the ago of nineteen years, went to New Orleans as a hired hand on a flat-boat. In 1 S30 ho settled in Illinois, became a clerk in a store, and was a captain of volunteers in tho Black... | |
 | A Centennial Edition Of The History Of The United States - 1875 - 842 Seiten
...received but little education. He worked hard for ten years on a farm, and, at the age of nineteen years, went to New Orleans as a hired hand on a flat-boat. In 1830 he settled in Illinois, became a clerk in a store, and was a captain of volunteers in the Black Hawk... | |
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... went to New Orleans, as a hired hand on a flat-boat. In 1830... 