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Quitman visits 'old apple tree'; Poindexter; soul-saving
 (Eighth in a series)
In 1831, ten years after John Quitman arrived in Natchez with $15 to his name, he returned north to visit his family in Rhinebeck, N.Y.
Now, at the age of 33, he returned with his wife and young family as a man of means, a successful lawyer, attached by marriage to one of Mississippi's oldest and richest families (the Turners) and a rising political star in the state. In Adams County, he was considered a man of the people who one day might compete and win racing and strength competitions at a fair, while on another day be in the heat of debate on local, state and national politics.
Home and family were a priority for Quitman -- from his youth until his dying days -- and that deep love he expressed in a letter to his brother not long after arriving in Natchez:
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