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  • It will sometimes be a wise suggestion to be made in a librarian's report, that the library still lacks some specially important work, such as Larned's "History for Ready Reference," or the extensive "Dictionary of National Biography," or Brunet's _Manuel du

    A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries Ainsworth Rand Spofford

  • There is one story of "Sam" Larned which is almost too good to be true.

    The Romance of Old New England Rooftrees Mary Caroline Crawford

  • Through such influences, I thought I saw good chances of preserving peace, and of inducing the discontented to go quietly to their reservations in the Indian Territory as soon as General Hazen, the representative of the Peace Commissioners, was ready to conduct them there from Fort Larned.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Brevet Brigadier-General Alfred Sully, an officer of long experience in Indian matters, who at this time was in command Qf the District of the Arkansas, which embraced Forts Larned and Dodge, having notified me of these occurrences at Larned, and expressed the opinion that the Indians were bent on mischief, I directed him there immediately to act against them.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • From the different posts -- Wallace, Dodge, and Larned Lieutenant Beecher kept up communication with all three scouts, and through him I heard from them at least once a week.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The despatch informed me that the Indians near Larned were preparing to decamp, and this intelligence required that certain orders should be carried to Fort Dodge, ninety-five miles south of Hays.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • Samuel Larned came from the community in Providence that had admired Alcott from afar.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • Cody learning of the strait I was in, manfully came to the rescue, and proposed to make the trip to Dodge, though he had just finished his long and perilous ride from Larned.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

  • The Hosmer parlor was often crowded with men who might live in the New Eden once it was established: one Mr. Larned who had lived for a year on crackers and another year on apples, and another man who had just been released from an insane asylum, where he had been unjustly imprisoned by his relatives, he said.

    Louisa May Alcott Susan Cheever 2010

  • After he reached Larned, the chances for peace appeared more favorable.

    She Makes Her Mouth Small & Round & Other Stories 2010

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