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Mechanicsville and casting about for employment Ellsworth
Returning to Mechanicsville and casting about for employment, Ellsworth recalled that in one of his trips between Troy and his home he had met on the train a gentleman from New York who, evidently attracted by his intelligent and prepossessing appearance, drew him into conversation and impressed himself favorably on the youth’s mind and memory.
— from The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Volume 1, 1917-1918 by Various

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