[22] See the author’s History of Agriculture in Wisconsin (Madison, 1922), passim.
[23] Editor’s italics.
[24] An example is in Abram E. Brown, Legends of Old Bedford (Boston, 1892).
[25] Timothy Dwight, Travels in New England and New York (New Haven, Conn., 1821), ii, 459, 462.
[26] Edmund Burke, On Conciliation.
[27] The Ohio Company’s grant, 1787, contained a reservation for religion as well as grants for education. Joseph Schafer, Origin of the System of Land Grants in Aid of Education, Wisconsin University Bulletin, History Series, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Madison, 1902).
[28] See Edward Eggleston, The Circuit Rider and The Graysons.
[29] Goodsell, who was one of the founders of Beloit College, removed later to Northfield, Minnesota, and became one of the founders of Carlton College. S. A. Dwinnell, Reedsburg (Wis.) Free Press, December 24, 1874.
[30] Madison City Express, March 14, March 23, and April 27, 1843. Strong and Hamilton are not reputed to have been total abstainers.
[31] The vote stood, for prohibition, 27,519; against, 24,109.