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Excerpt from History of Jefferson County Iowa, Vol. 1: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement Leaving their men to rest during their absence, Joliet and Marquette fol lowed the path to find, if they could, the people whose travel back and forth had left this evidence of their presence. They had walked for five miles or more through forests and across prairies when there came in view an Indian village on the bank of the river. Perhaps a mile away were two other villages. They shouted to attract attention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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Excerpt from History of Jefferson County, Iowa, Vol. 2: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement When his private interests were in Such a condition that he felt he might again devo'te much time to public service, he reentered public life and following the announcement of his candidacy for the United States senate was unanimously elected by the legislature. Reelection continued. Him in that Office from March 4, 1883, until the expiration of his second term on the 3d Of March, 1895. In the senate as in the house his-record was characterized by strict adherence to the highest ideals Of citizenship, based upon a comprehensive understanding of vital and significant ques tions, combined with practical measures for the attainment of the ends most to be desired. He was made a member Of a number of the most im portant committees, including those on revision of laws, foreign relations, postoffice, pensions, educational, labor, census, inter - state commerce and the judiciary, being chairman of the first mentioned committee and second in rank on the judiciary. Of this period of his life a contemporary biog rapher has said: His service in the great national deliberative body was marked by that same broad wisdom, fidelity and industry which had char acterized him as a public Official throughout his previous service and he thus added to his reputation as a broad and liberal-minded statesman. He was the author of the 'original package act, ' passed 'by the fifty-first con gress, its purpose being to give force and effectiveness to the enactments of the several states regulative or prohibitive of the traffic in intoxicating liquors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.
