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The ground on which the battle was fought is said to have been the favorite hunting ground of Daniel Boone, the pioneer of Kentucky. It was rather a romantic place for a battle. We remained at Camp Wild Cat until Thursday, Oct. 24th, and then took up our line of march on the track of the fleeing Rebels.
When we got back to the college we told the girls about meeting Mr. Durant. I guess nobody will want to dawdle along after this; I'm sure I shan't. Oct. 5. I broke an oar to-day. I'm not used to rowing anyway, and the oar was long; two of us sit on one seat, each pulling an oar. There is room for eight in the boat, beside the captain.
The provisions of this act, however, found little favor with the Lords of Trade, by whom it was considered "an improper and unreasonable restraint upon trade." Their objection found expression in the proclamation of George III., at the Court of St. James, Oct. 7, 1763:
John Norton actively exerted himself to secure more stringent legislation; procured petition to that effect to be presented to court. 1658, 19 Oct. Enacted that undomiciled Quakers returning from banishment should be hanged. Under this act the following persons were hanged: 1659, 27 Oct. Robinson and Stevenson hanged. 1660, 1 June. Mary Dyer hanged. 1660-1661, 14 Mar. William Leddra hanged.
Then it occurred to me that a wider scope of observation might give in perhaps fewer pages, a fairer estimate of that ageless enigma, the true solution of which forms our all-embracing and only responsibility. I therefore concluded to skip one calendar month, dipping again into my old diary at Oct. 9th in the same year, namely, '83
But what afforded the greatest happiness and relief was the removal of the large bellows, which had all along been a source of much trouble and perplexity, by their hampering and incommoding the boat which carried the smiths and their apparatus. Saturday, 3rd Oct.
Following a hollow, in which the fall of the country was indicated by the grass bent by the run of water after heavy showers of rain, we came to fine water-holes, about five miles from our last camp. At the other side of the valley, we saw distant ranges to the north-west and northward. Oct. 27. During last night a very strong, cold, westerly wind.
His Journal at that period contains two entries, however, which show that neither Lady Fitz Rewes nor Reckage were wrong in fearing he had received a mortal blow which no earthly influence could make endurable. Oct., 1869. I am once more at Almouth House. Beauclerk's consideration for me is almost more than I can bear. The rest is not borne.
Wendell Phillips did not sign the call or attend the convention for "reasons that are good to him," wrote Lucy Stone to Garrison, Sept. 27, 1869, Boston Public Library. The Revolution, IV, Oct. 21, 1869, p. 265. Ibid., p. 266.
However, the end is not yet seen: America has still to act decisively, if she would win the lasting glory which we have despised, of rescuing Law and Right from lawless force, and establishing the future of Europe. Secrecy of Diplomacy London, Oct. 30th, 1851. Monarchy and Republicanism Copenhagen House, London, Nov. 3d. Legitimacy of Hungarian Independence Staten Island, Dec. 5th, 1851.
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