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THE PIONEERS OF BELLEVUE
BY. JOHN F. HINMIAN.
In writing up this manuscript of recollections, I find it necessary to mention myself many times, but trust my hearers will not come to the conclusion that I am vain enough to consider myself as one of the '-'distinguished men of Bellevue. "
I came to Bellevue, from Castleton, Vermont, on the 14th day of August, A. D. 1838, and, in company with my brother, Benjamin F. Hinman, went into the mercantile business. Bellevue, at that time, had a grist mill, saw mill, blacksmith shop, and in fact was the county seat of Eaton county, where his honor, Epaphroditus Ransom, dealt out justice, as I have since learned, in small doses, to those who digressed too much from the strict rules, as laid down by Sir William Blackstone.
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