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log cabin

log cabin A domestic dwelling made of rough-hewn, notched logs with earthen caulking. A Swedish import, the log cabin first appeared in New Jersey in the seventeenth century; the abundance of eastern forests soon made it a standard design on the frontier. In the 1840 presidential election campaign, supporters of Whig candidate William Henry Harrison (see "TIPPECANOE AND TYLER TOO") made the ...

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