The Woods of Pennsylvania
- John Wood (1816–1898), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1859-1861. Uncle of Alan Wood, Jr.
- Alan Wood, Jr. (1834–1902), U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 1875-1877. Nephew of John Wood.
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Famous quotes containing the words woods and/or pennsylvania:
“In the woods of Powhatan,
Still ‘tis told by Indian fires
How a daughter of their sires
Saved a captive Englishman.”
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–1863)
“The Republican Party does not perceive how many his failure will make to vote more correctly than they would have them. They have counted the votes of Pennsylvania & Co., but they have not correctly counted Captain Brown’s vote. He has taken the wind out of their sails,—the little wind they had,—and they may as well lie to and repair.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)