An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment" Page: 5 of 268
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INTRODUCTION. 5
"Sir, I am happy to have the honor of
an introduction to your friend."
"By my sowl the honor's done to me.
I'm sinsare in declarin that; for minny's
the day I've long'd to hiv a wag of your
bone. How are ye, my darling boy, member
of Congress, speech-maker, book-maker,
an all? Talkin o' books, the divil a
book hiv I read, at all, at all, clane thro',
since I quat the owld records in the middle
of the Axes of the Aposels, barrin the life
of your own dear self; an a purty book it
is; wrote wid all the sperret of a man of
honor, with all the sincerity of a man of
truth, and in regard of the powers that be,
widout even a touch of the blarney. Give
us something more that's new, by the
powers, even if you write your own book
over again."
" Why sartin, Mr. O'Neal, your compliments
are mighty plenty; and if I could
shell out ideas as easy as you do words, I
could soon write another book."
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Crockett, Davy, 1786-1836. An account of Col. Crockett's tour to the North and down East, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four : his object being to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country : and also to find out the condition of its literature and morals, the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment", book, 1835; Philadelphia and Baltimore. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14392/m1/5/: accessed May 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.