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"He surely heard about the bounty on his head— the reward money now totaling almost a thousand dollars. 33 Maybe he found it flattering. Maybe he even joked about it at fireside. Maybe John Setton was there, listening."
This book has a lot of research. Unfortunately, it also has a lot of speculation.
— Jun 28, 2026 10:49AM
This book has a lot of research. Unfortunately, it also has a lot of speculation.
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The men who designed the United States government in 1787 were deeply leery of putting too much force into any one man’s hands. “Authoritative police institutions seemed inherently at odds with liberty,”
— Jun 26, 2026 09:13AM