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April 29, 1833
Lynchburg Virginian
Lynchburg, Virginia
What is this article about?
A speculative book on Col. David Crockett's life and adventures is published in Cincinnati. An extract recounts Crockett's brief, approving reply to a suitor seeking permission to marry his daughter while in Washington.
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Col David Crockett-A new work has recently been published at Cincinnati, entitled " Life and Adventures of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee"-written evidently not by Col. C. or with his approbation, but by some speculator on public curiosity, who has collected and strung together all the remarkable feats attributed to the Colonel, with such others as a Munchausen imagination could invent. We have seen a few extracts. exhibiting some humor, but exceedingly vulgar We select the following, because it is free from this objection, and is withal characteristic of the hero of the book
While Col Crockett was at Washington, a young gentleman who had been paying his addresses to his daughter wrote to him requesting his permission though they might be married The reply of the Colonel was in the following laconic style
"WASHINGTON,
Dear Sir-I received your letter. Go ahead
DAVID CROCKETT."
While Col Crockett was at Washington, a young gentleman who had been paying his addresses to his daughter wrote to him requesting his permission though they might be married The reply of the Colonel was in the following laconic style
"WASHINGTON,
Dear Sir-I received your letter. Go ahead
DAVID CROCKETT."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Family
Love
What keywords are associated?
David Crockett
Marriage Permission
Laconic Reply
Daughter Suitor
What entities or persons were involved?
Col David Crockett
Where did it happen?
Washington
Story Details
Key Persons
Col David Crockett
Location
Washington
Story Details
While in Washington, Col Crockett receives a letter from a young gentleman seeking permission to marry his daughter and replies laconicly: 'Go ahead'.