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The Core of Johnny AppleseedThe Unknown Story of a Spiritual TrailblazerRay SilvermanIllustrations by Nancy PoesSwedenborg Foundation PressWest Chester, Pennsylvania
© 2012 by Ray Siverman. All rights reserved. No part of this publication maybe reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic ormechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage orretrieval system, without prior permission from the publisher.Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataSilverman, Ray.The core of Johnny Appleseed : the unknown story of a spiritual trailblazer /Ray Silverman ; illustrated by Nancy Poes.p. cm.ISBN 978-0-87785-345-9 (alk. paper)1. Appleseed, Johnny, 1774-1845. 2. Nursery growers—United States—Biography. 3. Businessmen—United States—Biography. 4. Conservationists—UnitedStates—Biography. 5. Tree farmers—United States—Biography.6. Apples—United States—History—19th century. 7. Appleseed, Johnny,1774-1845—Religion. 8. Spiritual biography—United States. 9. Swedenborg,Emanuel, 1688-1772—Influence. I. Title.SB63.C46S55 2012634'.11092—dc23[B]2012016861Edited by Morgan BeardDesign and typesetting by Karen ConnorIndex by Laura ShelleyLyrics from “The Lord is Good To Me,” “The Pioneer Song,” and “The AppleSong” from Walt Disney’s Melody Time. Words and music by Kim Gannonand Walter Kent. © 1946 Walt Disney Music Company. Copyright renewed. Allrights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal LeonardCorporation.Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 byThomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Printed in the United States of AmericaSwedenborg Foundation Press320 North Church StreetWest Chester, PA 19380www.swedenborg.com
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Apple tree order with Johnny's sign
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settlement the entire territory nor
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In the dusk of the evening we saw s
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Declining other accommodations, hes
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On a monument in Dexter City, Ohio,
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“Touched by the Great Spirit”Wh
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James Glen’s advertisementfor his
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United States Continental Congress.
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just thirty miles east of Pittsburg
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Johnny not only delivered the lette
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ice with bare feet. And this time t
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160 acres of land in exchange for S
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In one case, Johnny even took it up
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Johnny was not a pantheist, believi
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Conclusion: While little is known a
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spirit moves us. In short, we can l
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Johnny Appleseed—and the good new
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Virginia, or Ohio. Finally, when hi
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is an exaggeration. That would amou
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elieving in God and keeping the Ten
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Appendix aJohn Chapman’s Ancestry
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Appendix bJohn Chapman’s Nurserie
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Richland County:on the west bank of
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Huron County:in New Haven Township,
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$57; 1828, $115; 1829-36, $19.20 ye
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Shanesville, between the Little Lan
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Petition for the ordination of Sila
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the earliest of the human race held
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pressed and we further represent th
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ut she also shared precious family
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Her brilliant insights and percepti
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the core of Johnny Appleseed. I fee
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3. Another “great gateway” was
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in heaven. While on earth, they fre
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clusive. However, those who are int
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32. Norton, History of Knox County,
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Straight,” in Johnny Appleseed: A
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D. Haley’s 1871 Harper’s magazi
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easily ‘separated’ into individ
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cause he injures his body, and thus
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Dowd, Jane Frances. Official Roster
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_____. Delitiae Sapientiae de Amore
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Black Fork, 93Blanchard River, 94Br
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Indians. See American IndiansIOU is
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Swedenborg, Emanuel, xi, 17. See al
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