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The Daily Dispatch: August 2, 1862., [Electronic resource], A card from Dr. Plumer--he Defines his position. (search)
his energy, probity, and fine judgment, he amassed a large fortune. He has frequently been Alderman of the city. He always took an active and decided part upon every public measure, and generally carried his point in everything calculated to enhance the interest of the city. He ably advocated every public improvement, and soon stood at the head of the able financial business men of that fast and flourishing city. Three years ago he purchased a large body of bottom lands in Bolivar county, Mississippi. He selected, from time to time, one hundred of the likeliest negroes that came into the Memphis market--fifty of each sex — and stocked his plantation. It is said to be the best selected and likeliest lot of negroes ever seen on one plantation. He had retired from trade, and was spending his time mostly on his plantation when the war broke out. After Tennessee seceded, and the blockade was established, he went in person to Cincinnati and St. Louis, and bought horses, arms