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Let your holidays be associated with great public events, and they may be the life of patriotism as well as a source of relaxation and personal employment.

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Tryon Edwards
Age: 84 †
Born: 1809
Born: August 7
Died: 1894
Died: January 4
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Hartford
Connecticut
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