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Forrest expressed the wish to accompany us ; so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly admitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn - he was then over seventy - three years old - but ...
Forrest expressed the wish to accompany us ; so we three walked over to the hotel and sent up our cards , and were quickly admitted to the great man's parlor . He looked feeble and worn - he was then over seventy - three years old - but ...
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On the night of the caucus , President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South ...
On the night of the caucus , President Pierce sent for me and told me that he believed I could not be renominated , but that he was resolved , if was not , to send my name into the Senate for an important mission to one of the South ...
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lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised for her in forty ...
lady friend , since deceased , called my attention to the fact that the wife of one of her best servants , Sam , was about to be sent away from him to Georgia , and that unless over eight hundred dollars could be raised for her in forty ...
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In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania ...
In 1855 Governor Cobb was again sent to Congress , and there took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania ...
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He was eminently loyal to his new friend ; and when he was sent forth on the Chinese mission , he was true to that friend , and entered heartily into the extreme views of those who sympathized with the rebellion .
He was eminently loyal to his new friend ; and when he was sent forth on the Chinese mission , he was true to that friend , and entered heartily into the extreme views of those who sympathized with the rebellion .
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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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