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ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN men BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN men BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
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ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN ol BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN ol BY JOHN W. FORNEY WHILE HE WAS CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 ...
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I never met Daniel Webster , as was natural on account of my connection with the Democratic party , but I often recall two incidents in connection with him . It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed ...
I never met Daniel Webster , as was natural on account of my connection with the Democratic party , but I often recall two incidents in connection with him . It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed ...
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Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to ...
Every body knew that Mr. Webster keenly felt his rejection by the party he had so honored and served . The brilliant effort of Rufus Choate to make him the candidate in the Baltimore Whig National Convention , though ineffectual to ...
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I walked editorial den and wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of political parties . The following verse from Byron closed the article : “ As the struck eagle , stretched upon ...
I walked editorial den and wrote a leader on the scene , so full of the emptiness of human ambition and the ingratitude of political parties . The following verse from Byron closed the article : “ As the struck eagle , stretched upon ...
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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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