A 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, Aud —— 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, Treasures, Judges

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ISBN: 9781331037026 出版年：2018 页码：440 Anthony Banning Norton Forgotten Books

To write the history of my native county, and to rescue from oblivion the anecdotes and early incidents of its first settlers, has been with me a pleasant pastime. While it has been much labor to gather the material for this work, and to test it by the crucible of truth, my mind has thereby been relieved of much care and of anxious thoughts upon more serious subjects during an exile in my native land; and if I will have been the means of preserving, for the future histo rian, matters which are within the recollection of but very few now living, my time and toil have been well spent.