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Firsts Quotes by John Sergeant Wise
- In the year 1857, passing through Washington on our return from the annual visit to Philadelphia, I had the distinguished honor of visiting a President…
- The first American ancestor of our name was a younger son of these old Devonshire people, and came to the Virginia colony in the reign…
- I was a tried seaman when, for the first time, I set foot upon the soil of my country, and took up my residence where…
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