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Excerpt from Some Facts About the Life and Public Services of Benjamin Helm Bristow, of Kentucky: Designed as a Reply to Inquiries Often Made Respecting the Leading Events of His Life In 1847 Mr. Bristow entered Jefferson College, Pennsylvania, from which he graduated, in 1851, leaving behind him a reputa tion for solidity rather than brilliancy of scholarship. He was noted as a logical debater as well as for independence of charac ter and sturdy, self reliant manhood. Returning to Elkton, he entered the law office of his father, where he studied two years. In 1853, he commenced the practice of law with suc cess, remaining at Elkton till 1858, when he kinsville, Kentucky, and engaged in the practice Sion there, in partnership with Judge R. J. Petr sequently with the Hon. John Feland. Three years later the war of the rebellion commenced and Mr. Bristow promptly espousing the cause of the Union, announced his intention to enter the army. Kentucky was in a ferment, her wealth and aristocracy strongly in sympathy with the rebellion, and her old whig traditions still attaching her to the Union. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.