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Gilmore forgets that we have numerous histories of the war in which Sevier is supposed to have distinguished himself, and that in not one of them is there a syllable hinting at what he says.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues against the credibility of a historian's claims about Sevier's exploits.

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