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John Wien Forney. DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , and whose peculiarities were that when he became excited he gave way to uncontrollable tears and oaths . I always went to hear him , for there was an odd fascination ...
John Wien Forney. DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 speeches against slavery , and whose peculiarities were that when he became excited he gave way to uncontrollable tears and oaths . I always went to hear him , for there was an odd fascination ...
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John Wien Forney. VII . THE 3d of February , 1860 , was one of the coldest days I ever knew in Washington , and the night was especially severe . The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though ...
John Wien Forney. VII . THE 3d of February , 1860 , was one of the coldest days I ever knew in Washington , and the night was especially severe . The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though ...
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John Wien Forney. 66 MAZEPPA " QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the other . The event was naturally most distasteful to President Buchanan , crowning as it did a long and gloomy procession of disasters . On the evening of that Friday a ...
John Wien Forney. 66 MAZEPPA " QUOTATION . 33 of satisfaction on the other . The event was naturally most distasteful to President Buchanan , crowning as it did a long and gloomy procession of disasters . On the evening of that Friday a ...
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John Wien Forney. ment , and I will not surrender my relation to that enterprise whether I gain or lose the position with which my name has been once more associated . " Yours , very truly , J. W. FORNEY . " Hon . JOHN B. HASKIN . " " A ...
John Wien Forney. ment , and I will not surrender my relation to that enterprise whether I gain or lose the position with which my name has been once more associated . " Yours , very truly , J. W. FORNEY . " Hon . JOHN B. HASKIN . " " A ...
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John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta ...
John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta ...
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