Aged 106 Years
Death uf a Nt-pro Whn Han Seen the Father of Hls Country. Washington, Aug. 10. - John Duckett, one of the aged patriarchs oi Washington, dicd here at the age of 106 years. Duckett was born ín slavery, in Prinee Ueorge's county, Md. Ue was classed as a negro, but Indian blood predominated in his veins. The master who raised him sold him to a second master, and he toa third. This last in 1825 gave him his freedoin. When a lad of 14 he saw George Washington, but the only recollection of the great man was a dazed remembranee of his gorgeous apparel.
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