Ohio archæological and historical quarterly (1887)
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society · Columbus : Published for the Society by A.H. Smythe · leaf 71
th the money thus obtainedpowder and shot were purchased, an old shot gun was pressedinto service and the birds brought down sold. From thisgame fund a spelling book and arithmetic were secured. Hispatience and persistency did the rest for he was his own andonly teacher. A boy that would push… … Vicw Looking North From Rufus Putnams House portanl businesses of the times, under Daniel Mathews, ofBrookfield. This service lasted three years during which Rufusgained steadily in rudimentary book larnin, in practical knowl-edge and experience and in physical growth and prowess, forhe became an…
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