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I have seen purer liqors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier women courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited.
Hinton Rowan Helper
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Hinton Rowan Helper
Age: 79 †
Born: 1829
Born: December 27
Died: 1909
Died: March 8
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