Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The ...
... visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The ...
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... 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 like a brother , and the day I spent with him lives in my memory like a picture ...
... 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 like a brother , and the day I spent with him lives in my memory like a picture ...
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... visiting strangers at their hotels , leading in debate or counseling in committee , he was rarely at fault for a date or a fact . He was a treasure to an editor , because he possessed the rare faculty of throwing new light upon every ...
... visiting strangers at their hotels , leading in debate or counseling in committee , he was rarely at fault for a date or a fact . He was a treasure to an editor , because he possessed the rare faculty of throwing new light upon every ...
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... visited my office in his company ; but when I met him a sec- ond time in Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him ...
... visited my office in his company ; but when I met him a sec- ond time in Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him ...
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... , stood by , a silent figure in the scene . Edwin Forrest was always one of us whenever he visited Washington , and , as I said in a former number , was the toast EDWIN FORREST . 77 and the star of the night 76 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , stood by , a silent figure in the scene . Edwin Forrest was always one of us whenever he visited Washington , and , as I said in a former number , was the toast EDWIN FORREST . 77 and the star of the night 76 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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