Wisconsin tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1847-1854, 1847-09-17
Very respectfully,
Your obcdient Scrv {.
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Attorney for Heirs.
T. Geo p Burnham, Esq, !
Franklin House, Philadelphia,
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FRANKLIN HOUsE,
Philadelphia, Nov. 10, 1916.
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Nv Dear Sir Your favor, under date
9TH inst, came duly to hand, and i'm
prove my earliest moment of leisure (after
the unavoidable delays attendant upon
producing the information you seek,) to
reply. You are DESTROYS of being made
acquainted with my ''pedigree.'
have taken some DAYS to examine
into the matter, and after 4 careful inves-
tigation ofthe records find that am a
descendant. IN the direct line. from gon-
tlcman very well remembered in these
parts-by the name of Adam. The old
man had two sOns-"Cain, and abel. :"
they were called The latter, by the
others hand went dead one day; but as
40 coroner had been appointed in The
county where they resided, verdict was
postponcd' 4 third son was born, whom
they called Seth Cain Adam had a
son named Enoch-who had a son { In
the fourth gcncration) by the name Of
Lame CT. Lamcch had a son whom they
called Noah, from whom trace directly
my own bein-~.
Noah hal three sons Shcm,' Ham
and Japhet. The eldest and youngas.
s. = and Japhct were a couple OF
The b'hoys, and Ham was a vary we'll
dispC sed young gentleman, who sept at
home o'nights. But his two brothers I'M
fortunately, were not 50 well inclined.
Ham VAS sort Of 'Jcthro the butt of
his two brothers; who had done him
brown 50 many times that they called
him burnt? For many years he was
know, therefore, rs Burnt Ham Be
fore his death, he applied to the Legisla-
ure IN his diggi. for a change of name.
lie dropt the "a bill was passed EMIT
ling him to the name of Burn ham and
hence the Surname of your humble SER
want. So much for the name.
In scv, raj of the newspapers Of that pc
r.ol ! find aiiUson made to rerg ScUere
rain SiorD, which occurred just about
th:s time md the public prints (of all
naT;Ic~) arrec that the storm was ire
ucadou>,' IHd that an immense amount
of damage was 4 one to the shipping and
commercial ilIare. Is As this took place
som six taousan years hack, YOU Will
not. presume, expect me to quote the
details Of this c.rcumstance-cxce so
nr rs refers directly to my own relatives
1 m ~ mere b't', ilil Stt3~tt AC.3t tStOAHtS
inform M thai every thing Of any par
,icula~ value was destroyed. \ private
eu.r from Ham, da,ei at the time, de
cIarcS that = there wasn't a peg left To
hang his hat on
Cd Noah fuuul II was gitIin VERY
wet und,r foot 60 use a familiar phrase
). hi-,) and he wisely built a canal boat
COWS, . acrous dimensions. for the
af,ty 81 um>uf al family. Finding
.at; the ram continued, ne enlarged his
BOAT. So That nc CO i'I carry a con>ide7a-
81 amount If luggage. in case Of acci
.e T. This foresight an tae old gentle
ann proved most tos:uua G. aud only
.uajira, tas established opinion, that the
rfm..v b smart for tAa STERN coaiin-
J-a ulabsseI tor 30 days ANA 40 night :
. ~ say, tua accounts mill every >pe-
~, ..s-I nj AMI ye- lah,e mtiter Aaa
.ega ,g>>d slp --.ItyvsN, exc, PIs ~ the old
gentleman canal boat uai cargo Now
Nosh was ii great lover ol aaI liaI>-he
vast q, vve,v KIM, q male and fem lie
dll be ,kc la;o us boat with INN, and
,,loe tlma thcv must have had al ID Tor
X w.ea. Notwithstanding the fact