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I. IN 1850 , after the triumph of the Compromise Measures , Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme ...
I. IN 1850 , after the triumph of the Compromise Measures , Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme ...
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While I was in the midst of this struggle with the Administration of Mr. Buchanan , I visited New England to see ex - President Pierce . He was , as usual , in earnest sympathy with the extreme South ; but he received me and treated me ...
While I was in the midst of this struggle with the Administration of Mr. Buchanan , I visited New England to see ex - President Pierce . He was , as usual , in earnest sympathy with the extreme South ; but he received me and treated me ...
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I had met him on former visit to Philadelphia , and invited him to come to Washington and sojourn under my roof . He came on the evening before the party in question , somewhat to the consternation of those.
I had met him on former visit to Philadelphia , and invited him to come to Washington and sojourn under my roof . He came on the evening before the party in question , somewhat to the consternation of those.
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The first thing I did , after getting to Chicago , 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 Company ...
The first thing I did , after getting to Chicago , 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 Company ...
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Social to a degree , dining out almost daily when not entertaining his friends at his own hospitable home , visiting strangers at their hotels , leading in debate or counseling in committee , he was rarely at fault for a date or a fact ...
Social to a degree , dining out almost daily when not entertaining his friends at his own hospitable home , visiting strangers at their hotels , leading in debate or counseling in committee , he was rarely at fault for a date or a fact ...
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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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