History of Knox County, Ohio
From 1779 to 1862 Inclusive:
comprising
Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes and Incidents of Men Connected
with the County from its First Settlement:
together with
Complete Lists of the Senators, Representatives, Sheriffs, Auditors,
Commissioners, Treasurers, Judges, Justices of the Peace, and other
Officers of the
County, also Those Who Have Served in a Military Capacity From Its
First Organization to the Present Time.
and also A Sketch of Kenyon College, and Other Institutions of
Learning and Religion
By A. Banning Norton
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Columbus:
Richard Nevins, Printer.
1862
CHAPTER XVIII
CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY IN 1818
pg. 232
Ruin Impending
- Much Suffering
- A Few Quaint Advertisements
- Efforts to Start a Sabbath-School, and to Sell
Young Ladies!
- Horse-Thieves and Counterfeiters Abound
- A Jail-Bird Escapes
- A Cripple Runs
- Habeas Corpus Trials
- A Grand Circular Hunt |
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