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It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed ...
It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed ...
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After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the adjacent buildings , I said to an employé , “ Who owns the most stock in the Illinois Central ? " " Indeed , I do not know , sir , " was his reply . “ Well , my friend , I think the ...
After passing through the magnificent dépôt and the adjacent buildings , I said to an employé , “ Who owns the most stock in the Illinois Central ? " " Indeed , I do not know , sir , " was his reply . “ Well , my friend , I think the ...
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He lived , like hundreds of thousands of others , to realize his mistake ; but he passed off before the war that resulted from the absence of a little courage to maintain the most solemn pledge ever made to a confiding people .
He lived , like hundreds of thousands of others , to realize his mistake ; but he passed off before the war that resulted from the absence of a little courage to maintain the most solemn pledge ever made to a confiding people .
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He himself postponed the duel till the ballots were cast , and then he passed to his death . But that death saved California to the Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by ...
He himself postponed the duel till the ballots were cast , and then he passed to his death . But that death saved California to the Union . The traitors who tried to hand her over to the rebellion were baffled by ...
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Schwartz , Burlingame , Pennington , Eliot , Stevens , have passed away . They were all present . The usual speeches common to such occasions were fired off ; the old songs were sung— “ John Brown ” had not yet become popular — the old ...
Schwartz , Burlingame , Pennington , Eliot , Stevens , have passed away . They were all present . The usual speeches common to such occasions were fired off ; the old songs were sung— “ John Brown ” had not yet become popular — the old ...
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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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