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Ex - Mayor John Swift , who is still living in Philadelphia , in the 84th year of his age , dropped in at my editorial rooms the morning after Mr. Clay's arrival , in company with my esteemed friend , Edwin Forrest , the tragedian .
Ex - Mayor John Swift , who is still living in Philadelphia , in the 84th year of his age , dropped in at my editorial rooms the morning after Mr. Clay's arrival , in company with my esteemed friend , Edwin Forrest , the tragedian .
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I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his amiability and learning , visited my office in his company ...
I had seen him but once before , in 1848 , when Mr. Edwin Croswell , the well - known editor of the Albany Argus , who is still living in New York , greatly esteemed for his amiability and learning , visited my office in his company ...
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He did not think a man any worse for having worked for his living at a trade , nor did he believe him any better . And this theory sprang from the belief that the laboring men of America are seldom true to the bright minds so often ...
He did not think a man any worse for having worked for his living at a trade , nor did he believe him any better . And this theory sprang from the belief that the laboring men of America are seldom true to the bright minds so often ...
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... who was living at the last accounts in the State of Nevada . The Democrats carried the election on the 7th , and the heroic Broderick died on the 16th . But the blood of the martyr was the seed of the redemption of California .
... who was living at the last accounts in the State of Nevada . The Democrats carried the election on the 7th , and the heroic Broderick died on the 16th . But the blood of the martyr was the seed of the redemption of California .
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His respected widow , living in Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her possession , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote .
His respected widow , living in Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her possession , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote .
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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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