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THE MEMORIES
OF
FIFTY YEARS:

CONTAINING

BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICANS,
AND ANECDOTES OF REMARKABLE MEN;

INTERSPERSED WITH SCENES AND INCIDENTS
OCCURRING DURING A LONG LIFE OF OBSERVATION
CHIEFLY SPENT IN THE SOUTHWEST.

By

W. H. SPARKS.

PHILADELPHIA:
CLAXTON, REMSEN & HAFFELFINGER.
MACON GA.: J. W. BURKE & CO.

1870.