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The date "April 29, 1832," is affixed to the bottom of the bill 

 in ink in Mr. Bellows' handwriting. 



At the bottom of the Sherman Morgan poster occurs the follow- 

 ing in print : 



" N. B. One of Morgan's best stock may be seen at and on 

 the above-mentioned times and places, and put at less terms than 

 the old horse ; those who wish to improve this opportunity, after 

 yielding a little to the lapse of time, may be accommodated". (This 

 last is Flint Morgan). 



The old papers of Mr. Bellows show that twenty-seven living 

 foals resulted from the services of Sherman Morgan the season of 

 1833, the year after Black Hawk was got by him. The names of the 

 parties who owned the foals are given. The stud book of Mr. Bel- 

 lows shows that Sherman Morgan had fifty-seven patrons in 1834, 

 but nothing is said in regard to the number of foals which they pro- 

 duced. 



The following account of the death of that remarkable animal 

 appears in Mr. Bellows' s handwriting, among the papers which were 

 lately secured : 



"Old Sherman Morgan Horse, deceased on the 9th of January, 

 1835 ; cause unknown. Was watered and fed at 10 a. m., and ap- 

 peared as vigorous and well as at any previous time the owner ever 

 saw him. At I o'clock he was discovered to be dead and partly 

 cold, as though life had been extinct some time, and from appearance 

 without much struggle, as the straw on which he lay had been but 

 little removed. Up to the day of his death he manifested but slightly 

 the advance of years, exhibiting a sound constitution in every particu- 

 lar, without blemish or the least infirmity, being able to chew his 

 food with the same ease as when young. He was foaled in 1810 or 

 I Si I [1808] at Lyndon, Vermont, and bred by James Sherman, 

 Esq., from whom he derived his first name. Sherman was sired by 

 the old Goss Morgan. From both he took the name Sherman Mor- 

 gan. He died at Lancaster, New Hampshire, the above-named time, 

 the property of John Bellows, by whom he had been kept five seasons 

 previous, and from his distinguished reputation, being considered the 

 best sire of his time in New England, he yielded a handsome yearly 

 income to his possessor." 



Mr. Linsley closes his sketch of Sherman Morgan with these 

 words: "Sherman had not so bold and resolute a style of action, 

 and was not so nervous and high tempered as Woodbury; nor was 

 he, in the language of the stable, so well 'finished up'; but he was 



