Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... Chief Magistrate . I will not imitate the example set by his personal organ , the New York Herald , in making the revelation of a private letter a matter of public discussion . If I could sink so low , I might find additional evidence ...
... Chief Magistrate . I will not imitate the example set by his personal organ , the New York Herald , in making the revelation of a private letter a matter of public discussion . If I could sink so low , I might find additional evidence ...
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... chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of ...
... chiefs . He died in New York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of ...
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... chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July , and closed on the 6th of August , 1861. He was the leader of the Democracy in that exciting ...
... chief retired to Wheatland ; and he remained a Senator in Congress till the close of the called session , which opened on the 14th of July , and closed on the 6th of August , 1861. He was the leader of the Democracy in that exciting ...
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... chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this con- flict . Douglas was a Vermonter ; Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which ...
... chief . I recollect my own feelings as I sat in the gallery and witnessed this con- flict . Douglas was a Vermonter ; Adams was a Massachusetts man . Perhaps the idea that controlled their common star was the New England idea , which ...
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... chief the service of a spy . [ Lieutenant Hale . ] When led to the spot of execution , as he stood upon it and looked forth , for the last time , upon the smile of day , and upon the bright and benignant sun of Heaven as it beamed upon ...
... chief the service of a spy . [ Lieutenant Hale . ] When led to the spot of execution , as he stood upon it and looked forth , for the last time , upon the smile of day , and upon the bright and benignant sun of Heaven as it beamed upon ...
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