Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-06-22
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"Men and Women Of the Revolution.
SERIES uf VALUABLE AND ENrtRr ,I>IsU
DlNtHIHuriuN~ PROM THE pFN uf rH
EMINENT HISTORIAN.
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an Oh friend "I mine VINO "l'he' o" see
you aud tell you something about Enuch
Crosby"
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h'"b he had known SOME men aui women
uf the Revolution Indeed he said i
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thanked mm Tor hE KIND intention t'
give Tue trustworthy Information ai"ut
tnlch Crosby. ho appears almost like a
myth ir hi.t,ry and romance
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r'H''" 'I''"l a7 Tue "'l-'"'' '' l'H'' ''s
Birch, OF Cooper novel. The SPY. sou al
hle 10 doubts having been cast upon that
rrhtitN VIII leH you nat Nu'" ai"ul
Eu5,h Crosby. personally and from ug
father. Win. va. hi- u-iyhipr and friend
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nave ~ my own existence. captain bar
mum - httlr book Q" "hi'h you aHulr' he-
hr'- 10 De- true. ever! word oI it' SIR.
nHt VIZ '""per lhakr' declaration tual
puzh.-S me. >all 800 thr summer "i
d." wrote I" Mr. copper ann 'h4ulfrd
ABOUT thr tru-t""rthIn-'' oil barhuin mar
rati'- l' h. surprise n~ repHrd thal ne
had never seen the u""k, though 10 mai
'rrh 'r'h'ated q" hih almost quarter "i
a. century before als", that n- never hearI
,h- name oi fh''h .r19bE uttered prI'fr
h- wrote he spy ln l>t,' nor since nntI
% Na' coupled win bis ihr'eE bIr'u. lie
referred me t' the ihtr"iu't'h u the rr
Fi,-l clifton 'i Inc spy thrn recently
INh.I,h-'l
j have read that ntrodlet'n' 'aid Nr.
VI -. aui % confirms my con lrt"n 'i tH-
t'"nt'tF u Harvey birrh ann fh"ch 'r'-
hF. Tie tells a. a. plainly a. hr nAl
-l''ArH Tue words. thAt ''nh Jay Nu" wa
chairman ul the committee oil 7alet'. Te.ht
-'l tAr tur'dotr a. which DE reI-f-- |a.
"as. OF course ia honor bound not % men
t"n tile uane 9i the secret agent "r nag
-"lI't rd' I"r tuT ehaIa yer '' 't'f is "'''
t' bee di,rrputa"lr though 1t may be- ia
tfl".' one.
bii f'u Au'" Eh''h 'I''hl per
l"i ilrrd.
~. " e resided near lhr r-l. hester
hnd fltnam county une' h.t lar lr'" i"r
Crosby hume-te4d, where the latrl'tio "rf.
q fF- t- a
ull father, tud Crosby visited US freq il-utit
" hem "a- young man. Nt' Away
delighted hs listening Z" Dts 0t'rlr- % AL
'-uture during tn- " at. a. given i'n- ear,
'i5-I afi 'N il-a'n LifHI" " N~N l
was more than nifty years "t age. In business
II iu- Olt.. j read TOPPER 7lt at''l Z"
nis aged father at my house Aud We 'yh
uhua.'. remarked, Harvey bIr'h rr>rilH--'l
f-u"'h 'I'-nl $50 much Ana W"rh 'aF
tam harnlm book As published We rrr
'Lu'A-d "A lrutuiu record "l many ID lhe
incidents 100 tile career "i 'r'>"s "hl'h We
haJ urari from hi- own Hp,.
j distinct. rrm-mt-r continued Mr.
NJ that "hi.e "u visit win inN iaturi
At hl- COUNTRY homie, ~""u after barhuu
little u~'k appeared. / rode with hIh I"
BEDFORD {" see Mr. Jay on some hu'inr'N
IL Vas "A beautiful sprinz daN W. found
the venerable statesman sitting ON the pa
azla ot hl> pleasant mansion near building
Vls,~ria vine. lie kne" my father well.
lu the course of their conversation my iath-
rr referred Z" Barnum book Mr. jay
hii uot seen it. When my father observed
that IL made the then venerable rno'h
/ Crosby the reality Of the fictitious Harvey
Birch. the old gentlemen smiled ami sand .
Eu'ch Crosby iIi noble service 10 the
war He was bold a. a i.nn and aS cum
uIf- AZ. a fox Conner ba, certalul. tsli