Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... President in 1852 . I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee ...
... President in 1852 . I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , pub- lished by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Arm- strong , of Tennessee ...
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... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if I was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States . I got ...
... President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if I was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South American States . I got ...
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... President of a really great family , covering nearly two generations , has not yet seen the light , and will not , I ... Presidents and statesmen were not so industrious , with perhaps the possible exception of Mr. Buchanan , whose ...
... President of a really great family , covering nearly two generations , has not yet seen the light , and will not , I ... Presidents and statesmen were not so industrious , with perhaps the possible exception of Mr. Buchanan , whose ...
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... President . The first thing I did , after getting to Chi- cago , was to go out to look on the monument to Stephen A. Douglas , on the shore of Lake Michigan ; the next to visit the massive buildings of the Illinois Central Railroad ...
... President . The first thing I did , after getting to Chi- cago , was to go out to look on the monument to Stephen A. Douglas , on the shore of Lake Michigan ; the next to visit the massive buildings of the Illinois Central Railroad ...
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... President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indig- nant at my temerity , he ...
... President and his premier to the quick . Accordingly The Pennsylvanian was called upon to review his positions , which was done in three articles that bore , he thought , distinct official ear - marks . Indig- nant at my temerity , he ...
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