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...SOCIAL ISSUES 12 ORIGINATION, MATURATION AND ADOPTION OF IDEAS: A MICROPROCESS 12 FROM PROBLEMS TO SOCIAL ISSUES TO SOCIAL CHANGE: A MACROPROCESS 14... ...auses 14 SOME CONCEPTS AND THEIR ATTRIBUTES 15 INCREASE IN CONCERN WITH IDEAS 17 From Inner to Other-Directedness 17 Voluntary Simplicity 18 SUMM... ...52 Product Form 52 The Product Life Cycle (PLC) 53 The Concept Of A Product Mix: New Product Development 56 PROBLEMS IN STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR SOC... ...ion) in this endeavor. While it is hard to evaluate the first book written on any new subject, I am sure that Fine's work will gain recognition as ... ...ers may be squeamish about "idea marketing," as if it can only be used to persuade people to act against their best interests. This is not the philo... ...ial marketing is an effective way to promote ideas that serve the best interests of people-better nutrition, physical exercise, conservation, environ... ... authoritative by hospital administrator and doctor, as well as patient. Again, a county agricultural agent is an official adviser to farmers but h... ...e Program." Paper presented to the Employment and Training Administration, Passaic County, New Jersey. -----. 1979b. " A Broadened Typology of Excha... ...arketing 29, 18-24. Mishan, E. J. 1976. Cost-BenefitAnalysis. New York: Praeger. Montgomery , George E. 1972. "Stratification and Nutrition in a Po...

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...members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that of the Amazon. The valley of the frozen ...

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...o this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains... ...nce six times, the British Is lands or Italy ten times. Conceptions formed from the river basins of Western Europe are rudely shocked when we con ... ...con sider the extent of the valley of the Mississippi; nor are those formed from the sterile basins of the great rivers of Siberia, the lofty plateau... ...psed since the river took its place in history. The belief of the scientific people is, that the mouth used to be at Baton Rouge, where the hills ceas... ...pse between glimpses of a marvel. If somebody should discover a creek in the county next to the one that the North Pole is in, Europe and America woul... ...d fifty years there had been white settlements on our Atlantic coasts. These people were in intimate communication with the Indians: in the south the ... ... a barkeeper on a boat; four sons of the chief merchant, and two sons of the county judge, became pilots. Pilot was the grandest position of all. The ... ...days, took part in that fight: Mr. Bixby, head pilot of the Union fleet, and Montgomery, Com modore of the Confederate fleet. Both saw a great deal o... ...12 A week later, I stumbled upon Backus—arrayed in the height of fashion—in Montgomery Street. He said, cheer ily, as we were parting— “Ah, by the w...

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...small rooms connected by a tiny hall afford sufficient space to contain Mr. Rudyard Kipling, the literary hero of the present hour, ?the man who came from nowhere,? as he says himself, and who a year ago was consciously nothing in the literary world.?...

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... Rudyard Kipling, the literary hero of the present hour, ‘the man who came from nowhere,’ as he says himself, and who a year ago was consciously nothi... ... this Mr. Kipling, then but twenty- four years old, had arrived in England from India to find that fame had preceded him. He had already gained fame i... ...He had already gained fame in India, where scores of cultured and critical people, after reading “Departmental Ditties,” “Plain Tales from the Hills,”... ...1; then a collection of verse, “Life’s Handicap, being stories of Mine Own People,” was published simultaneously in London and New York City; then fol... ...ng stories of Mine Own People,” was published simultaneously in London and New York City; then followed more verse, and so on through an unending seri... ...of the yarns began in this way:—”Red Larry was a bull-puncher back of Lone County, Montana,” or “There was a man riding the trail met a jack-rabbit si... ...f Chicago. See now and judge! In the village of Isser Jang, on the road to Montgomery, there be four Changar women who winnow corn—some seventy bushel... ...ries go, the difference between Chicago on the lake, and Isser Jang on the Montgomery road, is one of degree only, and not of kind. As far as the unde... ...falsely called Lake Erie. It is a peaceful place, and more like an English county town than most of its friends. Once clear of the main business stree...

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...cember, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good of the service requires to be thus placed in command; and such officers may, if upon the recommenda...

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...h the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squad- rons and single... ...Union by his successful operations on the lower Mississippi and capture of New Orleans. Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully ... ...- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various rebel gunboats, rams, etc.… TO ... ...uch as you, than to me. It is upon the brave hearts and strong arms of the people of the country that our reliance has been placed in support of free ... ...o as to give the greatest protection to this capital which may be possible from that distance. [Indorsement.] TO THE SECRET ARY OF W AR: The President... ...e na- 12 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six tion to the States and people most immediately interested in the subject-matter. To the people of ... ...open organization in the form of a trea- sonable provisional government at Montgomery, in Alabama on the 18th day of February, 1861. On the 12th day o... ... Gamble tele- graphed me, asking that the assessments outside of St. Louis County might be suspended, as they already have been within it, and this mo... ...ev. John M. Robinson, of Colum- bia, Missouri; James L. Matthews, of Boone County, Mis- souri; and James L. Stephens, also of Boone County, Mis- souri...

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... : brother to Lady Grey. (RIVERS:) SIR WILLIAM STANLEY : (STANLEY:) SIR JOHN MONTGOMERY : (MONTGOMERY:) SIR JOHN SOMERVILLE : (SOMERVILLE:) Tutor to ... ...e is slain, they’ll quickly fly. KING HENRY VI : Far be the thought of this from Henry’s heart, To make a shambles of the parliament house! Cousin of... ...And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget That we are those which chased you from the field And slew your fathers, and with colors spread March’d thro... ...I hear, You, that are king, though he do wear the crown, Have caused him, by new act of parliament, To blot out me, and put his own son in. CLIFFORD: ... ...h commixture melts. Impairing Henry, strengthening misproud York, The common people swarm like summer flies; And whither fly the gnats but to the sun?... ...l us, all our hope is done: Scotland hath will to help, but cannot help; Our people and our peers are both misled, Our treasures seized, our soldiers ... ...nd them on our coast And force the tyrant from his seat by war. ’Tis not his new made bride shall succor him: And as for Clarence, as my letters tell ... ... town and thee, And all those friends that deign to follow me. [March. Enter MONTGOMERY, with drum and soldiers .] GLOUCESTER: Brother, this is Sir J... ...lingness rids way; And, as we march, our strength will be augmented In every county as we go along. Strike up the drum; cry ‘Courage!’ and away. [Exeu...

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... have recently reached the War Department, and thence been laid before me, from Missouri, three communications, all similar in import and identical in... ...vent. The locality of nearly all this seems to be St. Joseph and Buchanan County. I wish you to give special attention to this region, particularly... ... attention to this region, particularly on election day. Prevent violence from whatever quarter, and see that the soldiers themselves do no wrong. Y ... ...all. He has in no form announced anything recently in regard to troops in New York, except in his letter to Governor Seymour of October 21, which has... ...STER-GENERAL BLAIR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, November 2, 1863. HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR. MY DEAR SIR:—Some days ago I understood you to say that y... ...not comprehend the object of your dispatch. I do not often decline seeing people who call upon me, and probably will see you if you call. A. LINCOLN.... ...n, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. 21... ...ON, W ASHINGTON, D. C., November 23, 1863. E. P. EV ANS, West Union, Adams County, Ohio: Y ours to Governor Chase in behalf of John A Welch is before ... ...ER-GENERAL BLAIR. EXECUTIVE MANSION, W ASHINGTON, September 23, 1864. HON. MONTGOMERY BLAIR. MY DEAR SIR:—Y ou have generously said to me, more than o...

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... London Bridge at noon on a gusty April day, was almost magically detached from his con- flict with the gale by some sly strip of slipperiness, abound... ...at distinctive article of his attire. At the same time, for these friendly people about him to share the fun of the annoyance, he looked hastily brigh... ...ockney crow-word of the day, or a word that had stuck in the fellow’s head from the perusal of his pothouse newspaper columns? Furthermore, the plea o... ... the roar of cries and stilled it, by capping the cries in turn, until the people cheered him; and the effect of the scene upon Victor Radnor disposed... ... the infinitely little while threading his way to a haberdasher’s shop for new white waistcoats. Under the shadow of the rep- resentative statue of Ci... ... mother’s complacent questions con- cerning this Lakelands: the house, the county, the kind of people about, the features of the country. Physically u... ...ther had been, without the taint of gambling, a beneficent speculator. The Montgomery colony in South Af- rica, and his dealings with the natives in I... ...ouse in the mind of Mr. Caddis, the sitting Member for the division of the county (said to have the seat in his pocket), a particu- lar inquisitivenes... ...Europe, patron of the Arts, a perfect gentleman. His mother was one of the Montgomerys, Mr. Taplow says. And it was General Radnor, a most distinguish...

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...ters? He is true as steel, and his judgment is very good. The last I heard from him, he rather thought Weldon, of De Witt, was our best timber for rep... ...uly 16, 1858. HON. JOSEPH GILLESPIE. MY DEAR SIR:—I write this to say that from the specimens of Douglas Democracy we occasionally see here from Madi-... ...t calculation of beating you and your friends for the lower house, in that county. They offer to bet upon it. Billings and Job, respec- tively, have b... ... Bond ................ 607 153 659 Madison ......... 1451 1111 1658 Montgomery .... 992 162 686 —— —— —— 3050 1... ... any Buchanan, or Fremonters, have shifted ground, and how the majority of new votes will go, you can judge better than I. Of course you, on the groun... ... some, and I am glad to know I am yet alive. There was a vast concourse of people—more than could get near enough to hear. Y ours as ever, A. LINCOLN.... ...opular Sover- eignty. What does that mean? It means the sovereignty of the people over their own affairs—in other words, the right of the people to go... ...ings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five I was born February 12, 1809, in Hardin County, Kentucky. My parents were both born in Virginia, of undistinguished... ...s ever, A. LINCOLN. TO L. M. BOND. SPRINGFIELD, ILL., October 15, 1860. L. MONTGOMERY BOND, Esq. MY DEAR SIR: I certainly am in no temper and have n...

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... CHAPTER I CHAPTER I CHAPTER I JUST AFTER PASSING Caraher’s saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ... ...R I JUST AFTER PASSING Caraher’s saloon, on the County Road that ran south from Bonneville, and that divided the Broderson ranch from that of Los Muer... ... the faint and prolonged blowing of a steam whistle that he knew must come from the railroad shops near the depot at Bonneville. In starting out from ... ...the last half of September, the very end of the dry season, and all Tulare County, all the vast reaches of the San Joaquin Valley—in fact all South Ce... ...kable lift about it that argued education, not only of himself, but of his people before him. The impression conveyed by his mouth and chin was that o... ... his poem should be of the West, that world’s frontier of Romance, where a new race, a new people—hardy, brave, and passionate—were building an empire... ... be of the West, that world’s frontier of Romance, where a new race, a new people—hardy, brave, and passionate—were building an empire; where the tumu... ... father’s letter. “He holds, Ulsteen does, that ‘grain rates as low as the new figure would amount to confiscation of property, and that, on such a ba... ...an for the finding and aiding of Mrs. Hooven and her daughters. He reached Montgomery Street, and turned toward his club, his imagination once more re...

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...t whom little was known, except that he was a pol- ished man of the world. People said that he resembled Byron—at least that his head was Byronic; but... ...act, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of 4 Around the World in 80 Days the Entomologis... ... with whom he had an open credit. His cheques were regularly paid at sight from his account current, which was always flush. Was Phileas Fogg rich? Un... ...her wife or chil- 5 Jules Verne dren, which may happen to the most honest people; either relatives or near friends, which is certainly more unusual. ... ... Fogg was seated, and James Forster, the dismissed servant, appeared. “The new servant,” said he. A young man of thirty advanced and bowed. “Y ou are ... ...f without a word. Passepartout heard the street door shut once; it was his new master going out. He heard it shut again; it was his 7 Jules Verne pre... ...he hands of her executioners. These fanatics were scattered throughout the county, and would, despite the English police, recover their victim at Madr... ...ervously active, gentlemanly- looking men. Some of the streets— especially Montgomery Street, which is to San Francisco what Regent Street is to Londo... ...co—a request which Mr. Fogg readily granted. They soon found themselves in Montgomery Street, where a great crowd was collected; the side-walks, stree...

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...ea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...hose white cliffs across the water, which you can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ te... ...ace, after this, for sev enty years. A Child’s Histroy of England 16 Then new enemies arose. They were the Sax ons, a fierce, sea faring people from... ...sword, four thousand of the rebels are supposed to have fallen in that one county. In Norfolk (where the rising was more against the enclosure of open... ... Queen. This was discovered in time by Gardiner; but in Kent, the old bold county, the people rose in their old bold way. Sir Thomas Wyat , a man of ... ...r, except of dogs, and horses, and hunting, but whom he soon made Earl of Montgomery. The next, and a much more famous one, was Robert Carr , or Ke... ...gan 377 Earl of Hertford 300 Earl of Leven 378 Earl of Mar 327 Earl of Montgomery 353 Earl of Montrose 370 Earl of Murray 324 Earl of Rochester...

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...racters in their classes, than by a too fastidious attention to originals. New York having but one county of Otsego, and the Susquehanna but one prope... ..., than by a too fastidious attention to originals. New York having but one county of Otsego, and the Susquehanna but one proper source, there can be n... ...oon told. Otsego, in common with most of the interior of the prov- ince of New Y ork, was included in the county of Albany pre- viously to the war of ... ...h most of the interior of the prov- ince of New Y ork, was included in the county of Albany pre- viously to the war of the separation. It then became,... ...ration. It then became, in a sub- sequent division of territory, a part of Montgomery; and fi- nally, having obtained a sufficient population of its o... ...heir passage. The Otsego is about nine miles in length, varying in breadth from half a mile to a mile and a half. The water is of great depth, limpid,... ...le to a mile and a half. The water is of great depth, limpid, and supplied from a thousand springs. At its foot the banks are rather less than thirty ... ...f God abound with that frequency which characterize a moral and reflecting people, and with that variety of exterior and canonical government which fl... ... deer where he pleased!—but if there is a law at all, it should be to keep people from the use of smooth-bores. A body never knows where his lead will...

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...not true.” Hackluyt. “WHALE. * * * Sw. and Dan. hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. hvalt is arched or vaulted.” Webster... ...ed or vaulted.” Webster’s Dictionary. “WHALE. * * * It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. Wallen; A.S. Walw ian, to roll, to wallow.” Richards... ... arm’d in front or jaw, With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs.” Montgomery’s Pelican Island. “Io! Paean! Io! sing, To the finny people’s kin... ...ked fangs.” Montgomery’s Pelican Island. “Io! Paean! Io! sing, To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ... the Pacific Ocean. ” By Owen Chase of Nantucket, first mate of said vessel. New York. 1821. “A mariner sat on the shrouds one night, The wind was pipin... ...pen the haunts of the whale, the whalemen seem to have indirectly hit upon new clews to that same mystic North West Passage.” From “Something” unpubli... ...t me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people’s hats off — then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I... ...d him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a fiddler’s frolic on the ... ...White Whale; he’ll nail ye! This is a pine tree. My father, in old Tolland county, cut down a pine tree once, and found a silver ring grown over in it...

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...s not true.” —Hackluyt “Whale. ... Sw. and Dan. Hval. This animal is named from roundness or rolling; for in Dan. Hvalt is arched or vaulted.” —W ebst... ...ed or vaulted.” —W ebster’ s Dictionary “Whale. ... It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. wallen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallow.” —Richard... ...rm’d in front or jaw, With swords, saws, spiral horns, or hooked fangs.” — Montgomery’ s World before the Flood. “Io! Paean! Io! sing. To the finny pe... ...— Montgomery’ s World before the Flood. “Io! Paean! Io! sing. To the finny people’s king. Not a mightier whale than this In the vast Atlantic is; Not ... ...the pacific ocean.” By Owen Chace of Nantucket, First Mate of said vessel. New York, 1821. “A mariner sat in the shrouds one night, The wind was pip- ... ... of the whale, 12 Moby Dick the whalemen seem to have indirectly hit upon new clews to that same mystic North-West Passage.” —From “Some- thing” unpu... ...me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knock- ing people’s hats off—then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I c... ...d him off to ten times the natural lustre with which in his native Tolland County in Connecticut, he had once enlivened many a 396 Moby Dick fiddler’... ...White Whale; he’ll nail ye! This is a pine tree. My father, in old Tolland county, cut down a pine tree once, and found a silver ring grown over in it...

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...OKER T. WASHINGTON A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington is a publication of ... ...e document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. Up from Slavery: An Autobiography by Booker T. Washington, the Pennsylvania St... ...formation of Mr. Washington’s character, then, went the missionary zeal of New England, influenced by one of the strongest personalities in modern edu... ...is to change the whole economic basis of life and the whole character of a people. The plan itself is not a new one. It was worked out at Hampton Inst... ...e period, he was necessar- 8 UP FROM SLAVERY ily misunderstood by his own people as well as by the whites, and where he had to adjust it at every ste... ...er I. A Slave Among Slaves I was born a slave on a plantation in Franklin County, Virginia. I am not quite sure of the exact place or exact date of m... ... heart. I saw coloured men who were members of the state legislatures, and county officers, who, in some cases, could not read or write, and whose mor... ... had come into my possession years before. I took the watch to the city of Montgomery, which was not far distant, and placed it in a pawn-shop. I secu... ...ittle coloured Congregational church in Mont- gomery, Ala. Before going to Montgomery to look for some one to preach this sermon I had never heard of ...

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...Excerpt: To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject sp...

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...T. No. 1 General Introduction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the ine... ...uction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the sub- sis... ...It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the importa... ...- cieties of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend ... ...alist Papers or will flatter themselves with fairer prospects of elevation from the subdivision of the empire into several partial con- federacies tha... ...he same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particu- lar county or district, than an entire State. In the extent and proper structur... ...ed with the State of New Y ork will doubt that the active wealth of King’s County bears a much greater proportion to that of Montgomery than it would ... ... active wealth of King’s County bears a much greater proportion to that of Montgomery than it would appear to be if we should take either the total va... ...ies of Albany , Saratoga, Cambridge, etc., or in any part of the county of Montgomery, would take the trouble to come to the city of Albany, to give t...

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... of unrelieved wretchedness and successful knavery, are they associated! A poor man, with small earnings, and a large family, just manages to live on from hand to mouth, and to procure food from day to day; he has barely sufficient to satisfy the present cravings of nature, and can take no heed of the future....

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...poor man, with small earnings, and a large family, just manages to live on from hand to mouth, and to procure food from day to day; he has barely suff... ...and hunger, and the very bed on which his sick wife is ly- ing, is dragged from beneath her. What can he do? To whom is he to apply for relief? To pri... ...tal supply of water, and it was first on the spot. Bang went the pumps—the people cheered—the beadle perspired pro- fusely; but it was unfortunately d... ...nusual solemnity. Innumerable were the calls made by prudent mammas on our new curate, and innumerable the invitations with which he was assailed, and... ...ont row of the gallery could not be pro- cured for love or money; and some people even went so far as to assert, that the three Miss Browns, who had a... ... on the parish defraying the expense of the watch-box on wheels, which the new curate had or- dered for himself, to perform the funeral service in, in... ...draw. I may as well get board, lodgin’, and washin’, till then, out of the county, as pay for it myself; consequently here goes!’ So, without more ado... ...came to our knowl- edge thus: We went over the House of Correction for the county of Middlesex shortly after, to witness the opera- tion of the silent... ...lderton to Mr. Malderton. ‘How like Lord Byron!’ murmured Miss Teresa. ‘Or Montgomery!’ whispered Miss Marianne. ‘Or the portraits of Captain Cook!’ s...

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...thing for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-two I received an injury from a fall, which confined me closely to the house while it did not appare... ...he aid of my eldest son, F . D. Grant, assisted by his brothers, to verify from the records every statement of fact given. The comments are my own, an... ...ng they will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERIC... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ... other democrat for high office after Jackson. My mother’s family lived in Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania, for several generations. I have little i... ...and but few east; and above all, there were no reporters prying into other people’s private affairs. Consequently it did not become generally known th... ...s in imitation of mine. The joke was a huge one in the mind of many of the people, and was much enjoyed by them; but I did not appreciate it so highly... ...acto government was established with Jefferson Davis as its President, and Montgomery, Alabama, as the Capital. The secessionists had then to leave th...