Leslie´s History of the Republican Party, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Leslie´s History of the Republican Party, Vol. 2 Blaine, James Gillespie, second son of Ephraim L. Blaine and Maria Gillespie, was born at Indian Hill Farm, West Brownsville, Washington County, Pa., January 31, 1830. Descending from a line of hardy and energetic Scotch-Irish ancestors, he inherited many of their characteristics, and carefully cultivated his inheritance by a broad and liberal education. His great-grandfather, Colonel Ephraim Blaine (1741-1804), was a personal and trusted friend of Washington, an officer of Pennsylvania troops in the Revolutionary War, and for several years (1778-83) the commissary-general of the northern department of his command. He drew liberally upon his private purse, especially during the winter at Valley Forge. His ancestors were among the founders of Carlisle, Pa., and from the Cumberland Valley Mr. Blaine´s father, Ephraim L., removed to Washington County in 1818, having previously traveled in Europe and South America, and inheriting a large fortune in lands in Western Pennsylvania, where he served as a prothonotary. Ephraim´s wife, Maria Gillespie, was a woman of superior intelligence and force of character, and a devout Roman Catholic, but their illustrious son always adhered to the Presbyterian communion and convictions of his paternal Scotch-Irish ancestry. James G. Blaine was educated in his native town and at a school in Lancaster, Ohio, where he lived with a relative, Hon. Thomas Ewing, then Secretary of the Treasury. Afterward, with Thomas Ewing, Jr., as a fellow-student, he began his preparation for college under William Lyons, a brother of Lord Lyons, of England, and at the age of thirteen entered Washington College, in his native county, from which he was graduated in 1847, sharing with an associate the highest honors in his class, and delivering the English salutatory and an oration on "The Duty of the Educated American." He had a decided taste for history, excelled in literature and mathematics, and, it is said, could recite "Plutarch´s Lives" when only nine years old. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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