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In due course, John Clemens was sent to Columbia, the countyseat, to study law.

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

Others, however, found something to feed their hungry minds and, when they had exhausted what their neighborhood school had to offer, they attended the academies which had been reëstablished or had sprung up in the villages nearby or at the countyseat.

The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution Holland Thompson 1906

In due course, John Clemens was sent to Columbia, the countyseat, to study law.

Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

In due course, John Clemens was sent to Columbia, the countyseat, to study law.

Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume I, Part 1: 1835-1866 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

Sasha Abramsky: The courthouses in virtually every countyseat in my home state were constructed by the WPA.

The Guardian World News Sasha Abramsky 2010