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Aris sonis focisque : being a memoir of an American family, the Harrisons of Skimino, and particularly of Jesse Burton Harrison and Burton Norvell Harrison. / edited by Fairfax Harrison from material collected by Francis Burton Harrison.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Family History Room Fa 929.2 H318h 1910
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harrison family.
- Physical Description:
- 418 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Harrisons of Skimino.
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : [The De Vinne Press], 1910.
- Contents:
- Aris sonis focisque: The planter forebears (1600-1771) The Quaker forebears (1600-1767) William Harrison of Skimino (1740-1819) Samuel Jordan Harrison of Lynchburg (1771-1846) Jesse Burton Harrison of New Orleans (1805-1841) Burton Norvell Harrison of New York (1838-1904)
- The capture of Jefferson Davis, by Burton N. Harrison, with notes by Jefferson Davis.
- Essays by Jesse Burton Harrison: The prospects of letters and taste in Virginia, 1828. English civilization, 1832. The slavery question in Virginia, 1832.
- Index.
- Notes:
- Cover title: "The Harrisons of Skimino."
- Other Format:
- Online version: Harrison, Fairfax, 1869-1938. Aris sonis focisque.
- OCLC:
- 3512555
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