L. DOW STEPHENS AND HIS BIRTH- 

 PLACE IN NEW JERSEY, BUILT BY HIS 

 FATHER IN 1816. THE MASSIVE PINE 

 TREE IN THE FOREGROUND WAS 

 PLANTED THE SAME YEAR. THE 



AUTHOR WAS BORN HERE ON SEPTEM- 

 BER 29, 1827. 



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