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as it made me feel so badly to look at them. Shawneetown is one of the oldest or perhaps the oldest town in the States. It has a kind of breastwork of Earth the thrown up in front to guard it against the high water, as the town itself is on quite low ground. Passed several towns but none of interest & spent most of the day playing cards & checkers in ladies cabin. Reached Paducah this evening after dark - It is only a short distance from the mouth of Tennessee River, bought papers here, read them