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Page 11
The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glorious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the ...
The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to prevent the foreordained selection of the brave but vain - glorious Scott , had gone to the hearts of the ...
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... remembered that his great heart was severely wounded when Daniel Webster was defeated by General Scott for the Whig nomination for President at the Baltimore Convention in 1852 , which he attended as a delegate from Massachusetts ...
... remembered that his great heart was severely wounded when Daniel Webster was defeated by General Scott for the Whig nomination for President at the Baltimore Convention in 1852 , which he attended as a delegate from Massachusetts ...
Page 108
Among these practical jokers , none was more busy than the German Austrian , Francis J. Grund , for a long time the “ Observer ” of the Philadelphia Ledger , and the “ X ” of the Baltimore Sun. A versatile genius , of enormous energy ...
Among these practical jokers , none was more busy than the German Austrian , Francis J. Grund , for a long time the “ Observer ” of the Philadelphia Ledger , and the “ X ” of the Baltimore Sun. A versatile genius , of enormous energy ...
Page 117
The Democratic National Convention which met at Baltimore on the 27th of May , 1844 , was one of the most exciting , political conventions I ever attended . I was there as a reporter of my newspaper , the Lancaster Intelligencer and ...
The Democratic National Convention which met at Baltimore on the 27th of May , 1844 , was one of the most exciting , political conventions I ever attended . I was there as a reporter of my newspaper , the Lancaster Intelligencer and ...
Page 123
Who murdered , in Baltimore , the men of Massachusetts , on their way to the defense of the Capital of the Union ? Who commenced the conflict by firing upon the starving garrison of Sumter , and striking down the banner of the Union ...
Who murdered , in Baltimore , the men of Massachusetts , on their way to the defense of the Capital of the Union ? Who commenced the conflict by firing upon the starving garrison of Sumter , and striking down the banner of the Union ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1873 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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