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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This, even though he inherited 3,000 acres and several dozen slaves from his father! His work was continued by his nephew, after a devastating return to a working farm during the civil war after the Confederate army seized it and sold it to someone else. Even so his surviving daughter had to live off charity. He earned 1.57

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Types of Investors

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Over the weekend, during a family visit, I had a conversation with one of my nephews – a thirty something husband, father and CFO of a small company. This is what I would have become had I decided to go ahead and fund my nephews development plans. He and his family currently live in a home in a suburban subdivision.