The Governors Letter Books 1818 1834 Vol 1 Classic Reprint

Author : Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781331533962
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book The Correspondence of Jonathan Worth, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Grégoire de Roulhac Hamilton and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Correspondence of Jonathan Worth, Vol. 1 In 1845 a convention of delegates from the counties composing his congressional district nominated him for Congress. He accepted the nomination, entered the field and was beaten by his competitor, Gen. Alfred Dockery. In these words Jonathan Worth described a part of his life when asked to do so by his friend, John H. Wheeler. He never finished it. The fragment is interesting as his own words, but, apart from the fact that only a portion of his life is covered, it is inadequate as a description of a well-rounded life as full of success and honor as that of the subject of this sketch. The Worths came to North Carolina from Nantucket. They were nearly all Quakers. The family was characterized by the qualities of industry, thrift, devotion to principle and the fear of God. Cense quently they were successful, not only in a material way, but also in obtaining the confidence, respect and admiration, if not the liking, of all those with whom they came in contact. They were men of too firm a mould, were too given to forming their own opinions and then living up to them, instead of accepting them ready made, to he liked by all. Like all strong men they had enemies, but none who could say anything to their discredit. It was of this stock that Jonathan Worth was sprung, and of which he was a fair and representative type. His father, Dr. David Worth, was a physician of reputation in his section. His mother was Eunice Gardner, of Guilford county. He was the eldest of twelve children, nine of whom lived to old age. 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.