Seven: Buckets to Boston In the summer of 1822, instead of regularly pursuing my studies, I procured a little pine timber of my father—of which he kept a regular account, as well as of my board, and that of my wife—borrowed a few tools, and, for the first time in my life, went to making buckets. Having made a one-horse load, I carried them to Boston; and that was the first time I was ever in any city.
Knowlton Biography 7 and 8
Knowlton Biography 7 and 8
Knowlton Biography 7 and 8
Seven: Buckets to Boston In the summer of 1822, instead of regularly pursuing my studies, I procured a little pine timber of my father—of which he kept a regular account, as well as of my board, and that of my wife—borrowed a few tools, and, for the first time in my life, went to making buckets. Having made a one-horse load, I carried them to Boston; and that was the first time I was ever in any city.