Excerpt from Travels of John Davis in the United States of America, 1798 to 1802, Vol. 2 But the time was approaching when I had every reason to atter my expectation with ex changing the Muses' bower for the garden of the Hesperides. Colonel Burr had been elected to the place of vice-president of the United States, and Colonel Burr was my friend. He had just returned from the city of Washington and, with' the most condescending urbanity, did me the honour to call on me at Mr. Ludlow's. Colonel Burr observed that Mr. ...
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Excerpt from Travels of John Davis in the United States of America, 1798 to 1802, Vol. 2 But the time was approaching when I had every reason to atter my expectation with ex changing the Muses' bower for the garden of the Hesperides. Colonel Burr had been elected to the place of vice-president of the United States, and Colonel Burr was my friend. He had just returned from the city of Washington and, with' the most condescending urbanity, did me the honour to call on me at Mr. Ludlow's. Colonel Burr observed that Mr. Gallatin having ex pressed a desire to procure a secretary who was skilled in composition, he had recommended me as a person qualified to undertake the office, and was happy to have it in his power to acknowledge, by any service, the sensible pleasure he had received from my literary productions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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