The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . I?:. r I L \. M 0 R !•: ^Iii^^$ rilliit)o^e. The life of Millard Fillmore is full of bright lessons. Nomore forcible illustration of the power of energy and intel-lect over obstructing cirrumstances— low birth and ironfortune—can be found. To every young American itspeaks, teaching resolution and perseverance. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is the son of one of likename, who served in the French war, and was a true whigof the revolution, proving his devotion to his countrys causeby gallantly fighting as lieutenant under Gener
The presidents of the United States : from Washington to Fillmore . I?:. r I L \. M 0 R !•: ^Iii^^$ rilliit)o^e. The life of Millard Fillmore is full of bright lessons. Nomore forcible illustration of the power of energy and intel-lect over obstructing cirrumstances— low birth and ironfortune—can be found. To every young American itspeaks, teaching resolution and perseverance. His father, Nathaniel Fillmore, is the son of one of likename, who served in the French war, and was a true whigof the revolution, proving his devotion to his countrys causeby gallantly fighting as lieutenant under General Stark, inthe battle of Bennington. He was born at Bennington,Vermont, in 1771, and early in life removed to what is nowcalled Summec Hill, Cayuga county, New York, where Mil-lard was born, January 7th, 1800. He was a farmer, andsoon after lost all of his property by a bad title to one of themilitary lots he had purchased. About the year 1802, heremoved to the town of Sempronius, now Niles, and livedthere till 1819, when he removed to Erie county, where hestil
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