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To: Chapita
"From The Life of Davey Crockett, compiled by Richard S. Ellis (Philadelphia: Porter & Coates, 1884)."

Have you actually read this book?

11 posted on 01/23/2002 10:21:40 AM PST by AppyPappy
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To: AppyPappy
No! But I just got through reading articles from four different sites which use this book for reference.
12 posted on 01/23/2002 10:41:46 AM PST by Chapita
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To: AppyPappy
I was not present when the constitution was written, nor the Federalist Papers, so I cannot vouch for my eyes and ears, nor can I qualify for direct testimony!

Nor was I around for the writing of the Bible.

Some things I cannot claim to be an absolute witness!

17 posted on 01/23/2002 11:02:57 AM PST by Chapita
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To: AppyPappy
Not to mention the fact that the activities of the House were fairly well documented during the time of Crockett's term. There were two publications (I forget the names) that recorded speeches and so on. That's how we know of the famous Webster-Hayne debate, for example.

When one looks up Crockett's term, oddly, the thing he is most remembered for is advocating free land for squatters, i.e., the government giving land to Tennesseans. That doesn't appear to square with this quaint little myth.

21 posted on 01/23/2002 11:15:24 AM PST by Huck
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