True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 182
nstloss by fire. Several of the merchants in the town offered George em-ployment in their stores, for they knew him to be one of thebest clerks in the town. But, while he was waiting to decidethe matter, he received a letter from his uncle, John Peabody, GEORGE PEABODY 183 who lived in Georgetown,… … JOHNNY BULL, OR No. I, THE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE USED. The thought of a trip to Washington City was quite anattraction to the young man of seventeen years, who had neverbeen i.p the far South, as they then considered Washington; 12 184 GEORGE PEA BODY in fact, he had never traveled out of the State of…
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