Other places along the river have since sold at higher figures; but I believe that any one who is willing to devote two or three months to watching for an opportunity, may make equally favorable purchases any time within the next two years.
Reid suggests that with patience, favorable land purchases can still be made in the near future.
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That would be “jumping from the frying-pan into the fire,” indeed.
Extravagant living left nearly every planter enormously in debt when the war came.
Public sentiment was against the sale of lands to the Yankees; “Get white laborers,” they urged, “and in a year you’ll make enough to be able to hold on to your lands.
You see, General, this is alarming, and you must acknowledge that we are not safe.