BlockSandusky County, Ohio - Chapter 8, 1882 (part 2 of 2)
From History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers, published 1882. 141 words, reproduced complete and unedited. Source changes inside the text are labelled in place.
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The text
141 wordsMachine-read from scans of History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers, published 1882. Nothing has been corrected: fixing what looks like a misspelled name is how an invented one gets published. Source changes are marked where they occur.
Ladies of Chillicothe: - I have received the sword which you have been pleased to present to me, as a testimonial of your approbation of my conduct on the second instant. A mark of distinction so flattering and unexpected has excited feelings which I can not express. Yet while I return you thanks for the unmerited gift you have bestowed, I feel well aware that my good fortune, which was bought by the activity of the brave soldiers under my command, has raised in your expectations in my future efforts, which' must , sooner or later, I fear, be disappointed. Still, I pledge myself, even though fortune may not be again propitious, that my exertions shall be such as never to cause you in the least to regret the honors you have been pleased to coh' fer upon your "youthful soldier,*"
Provenance
Text from History of Sandusky County, Ohio : with Portraits and Biographies of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers, published 1882, in the public domain in the United States and digitised by the Internet Archive.