Biography Of Joseph Palmer

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23 February 2017 JOSEPH PALMER In 1830, Joseph Palmer who is Massachusetts farmer left his homeland and landed on the city to find the people who frequently had unpleasant attitude and do not love him. He was amiable and congenial, and also not an amoral person because he knew how to distinguish between right and wrong. He just lived a usual life with his family so he was seemed as the epitome of a typical citizen. The resentment and hatred for Palmer was clearly represented through his neighbor's’ behavior. People in the neighborhood always found another way to go in order not to have any encounter with him. Even children offended him and picked up the stone to throw at him. There existed

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