Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Jersey” in chapter 1.1 of Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2:
...David Henry Thoreau was born to a small farmer and artisan who kept a shop and painted signs.
The French-looking surname came by way of the Channel Islands, for the author's grandfather was born in Jersey , and, in spite of his British origin, had served as a sailor in a Continental privateer.
Thoreau passed his life in the village of his birth, and now his name is indissolubly associated with it.
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Jersey | 156 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Arkansas, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Georgia, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Maryland, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Nevada, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Oregon, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Jersey (Tennessee, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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