The story of Soldier's Retreat : a memoir.

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The story of Soldier's Retreat : a memoir.

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A handwritten reminiscence; part of a manuscript which was apparently intended to be a memoir of Robert Anderson. It contains an account of Colonel Richard Clough Anderson's service in the Revolutionary War; his removal to Kentucky in 1784, and a description of his house, Soldier's Retreat; some details concerning Anderson's son's education; Colonel Anderson's method of administering justice to his sons and slaves; visits of James Monroe and Andrew Jackson to Soldier's Retreat; recollections of Larz and Robert Anderson; Sunday school; the bad aspects of slavery and his opposition to it; Negro entertainment and ghost stories; hunting in Kentucky; the duel between Henry Clay and Humphrey Marshall; description of the manner in which the boys acquired their nicknames; and other details of daily life.

165 p.

The Filson Historical Society

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