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THE FRENCH BLOOD IN AMERICA 



floor west of the Alleghanies, and never used save on 

 state occasions. Then the candles were lighted and the 

 carpet was laid in the reception-room, and there Louis 

 Philippe and his brother, Andrew Jackson and many 

 other notables, had the honour to rest their feet upon it. 



General Sevier died in 1815, while engaged as com- 

 missioner in establishing the boundaries between Georgia 

 and the Creek Nation, and all Tennessee was in mourn- 

 ing for the most distinguished leader in a trying period, 

 one of the truly great pioneers and commonwealth build- 

 ers of America, where his persecuted forebears had 

 found refuge. And ever associated with him in memory 

 is his heroic and accomplished wife. 



