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... Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The Pennsylvanian ...
... Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The Pennsylvanian ...
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... Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed at a splendid banquet in the cele- brated Chinese Museum , on Ninth Street . Extensive prepara ...
... Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed at a splendid banquet in the cele- brated Chinese Museum , on Ninth Street . Extensive prepara ...
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... Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him intimately from boy- hood . We were nearly the same age , and had supported ...
... Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him intimately from boy- hood . We were nearly the same age , and had supported ...
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... Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San Francisco . The shadow of his fate was upon him . He was much depressed . We had broken the Ad- ministration party to pieces in ...
... Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San Francisco . The shadow of his fate was upon him . He was much depressed . We had broken the Ad- ministration party to pieces in ...
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... Philadelphia as a lecturer and Whig speaker . He was as much the idol of his party as Barton was of ours . They seemed to " take to " each other from the first , and when Barton moved to Philadelphia and was associ- ated with Conrad in ...
... Philadelphia as a lecturer and Whig speaker . He was as much the idol of his party as Barton was of ours . They seemed to " take to " each other from the first , and when Barton moved to Philadelphia and was associ- ated with Conrad in ...
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