JETHRO WOOD; 



INVENTOR OF THE MODERN PLOW. 



THE last words ever penned by John Quin- 

 cy Adams were these, written in the peculiar- 

 ly tremulous hand of " the Old Man Eloquent :" 

 " Mr. J. Q. Adams presents his compliments 

 to the Misses Wood, and will be happy to see 

 them at his house, at their convenience, any 

 morning between 10 and 11 o'clock." This 

 note was found upon his desk when he was 

 stricken down with paralysis, February 21, 

 1848, in his seat in the House of Representa- 

 tives. The Misses Wood here referred to 

 were the daughters of Jethro Wood, then de- 

 ceased. They were at that time engaged in a 

 labor of love, and the venerable Ex-President 

 was their friend therein. Prompted more by 



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