A soldier of the Cumberland: memoir of Mead Holmes, jr., by his father [M. Holmes].American Tract Society, 1854 - 210 pages |
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... his health would not bear the confinement , and he soon returned home to mingle study with recreation . Here his education was well At conducted , and his progress satisfactory . the age 18 A SOLDIER OF THE CUMBERLAND .
... his health would not bear the confinement , and he soon returned home to mingle study with recreation . Here his education was well At conducted , and his progress satisfactory . the age 18 A SOLDIER OF THE CUMBERLAND .
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... Soon after , he commenced attending a select school superintended by his mother , where be- gan a new course of discipline . The youngest of fifty pupils , one - half of whom were lads , who , though gentlemanly and obedient in school ...
... Soon after , he commenced attending a select school superintended by his mother , where be- gan a new course of discipline . The youngest of fifty pupils , one - half of whom were lads , who , though gentlemanly and obedient in school ...
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... soon the West was the home of his affec- tions . For two years his mother had charge of a female seminary , and he was allowed to recite with some of the classes . In natural philoso- phy , chemistry , and all departments of natural ...
... soon the West was the home of his affec- tions . For two years his mother had charge of a female seminary , and he was allowed to recite with some of the classes . In natural philoso- phy , chemistry , and all departments of natural ...
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... soon construct- ed instruments for his own use , air - pumps , magnets , batteries , etc. These occupied many hours usually spent by boys in the streets . Long before this he had tried the power of steam on miniature wheels , and now he ...
... soon construct- ed instruments for his own use , air - pumps , magnets , batteries , etc. These occupied many hours usually spent by boys in the streets . Long before this he had tried the power of steam on miniature wheels , and now he ...
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... soon produced . Christmas , New Year's , and other anniversaries , always brought some unthought - of token of mechanical skill from his hands . Swimming , skating , and coasting , no lad enjoyed more than he , and from these amuse ...
... soon produced . Christmas , New Year's , and other anniversaries , always brought some unthought - of token of mechanical skill from his hands . Swimming , skating , and coasting , no lad enjoyed more than he , and from these amuse ...
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