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Dressy dolls, kissing parties, sorry horse & Natchez allure
 (Second in a series)
In Ohio country, the winters got cold -- 18 below zero in 1821 -- but the springtime warmed the body and the soul. The smell of maple syrup and biscuits drifted from the kitchen windows, and since money was scarce, the merchants traded their goods with the farmers and trappers for sugar, wax, honey, tallow, hides and furs.
Destined to be the governor of Mississippi, John Quitman survived that cold winter in Ohio country where he studied law under his mentor, Platt Brush. Quitman had also worked in a government land office where he learned about property and its value. But there was shortage of cash in Ohio that worried him.
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