Interesting refs Giles./
Despite the Google dates, Grinnell's book is subtitled Memoirs 1850-1890 and the Louisiana planter article is from 1899. Webber's book must be from about 1850, his dates are 1819-1855.
In the second chapter of the book he describes the murderous yet public-spirited character that Webber nicknames the "model citizen". The "model citizen" will seem quite familiar to readers of Martin Chuzzlewit and American Notes - an admired public figure with a Bowie knife.
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