The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... York - His Marriage with Mary Jennings - Birth of WILLIAM H. SEWARD HIS Early Habits and Love of Learning - Narrow Escape from Drowning - Enters Union College , Schenectady - Visits the South as a Teacher - Returns to College - Position ...
... York - His Marriage with Mary Jennings - Birth of WILLIAM H. SEWARD HIS Early Habits and Love of Learning - Narrow Escape from Drowning - Enters Union College , Schenectady - Visits the South as a Teacher - Returns to College - Position ...
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... York The Senatorial Term - Maj . Gen. Winfield Scott - Cheap Postage - Revenues of California - Improvement of Rivers and Harbors - Contested Seat of Senator Yulee - The Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - Pension to Widow of General ...
... York The Senatorial Term - Maj . Gen. Winfield Scott - Cheap Postage - Revenues of California - Improvement of Rivers and Harbors - Contested Seat of Senator Yulee - The Repeal of the Fugitive Slave Law - Pension to Widow of General ...
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... York , as a student at law . He carried the habits of early rising and faith- ful application , which he had maintained during his college life , into his professional studies . He thoroughly mastered every elementary book which was put ...
... York , as a student at law . He carried the habits of early rising and faith- ful application , which he had maintained during his college life , into his professional studies . He thoroughly mastered every elementary book which was put ...
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... York . From that day to the present his life has been devoted to the principles of liberty . In his view , freedom is national and slavery sectional . With him the purpose of the Union is to establish the blessings of equality , justice ...
... York . From that day to the present his life has been devoted to the principles of liberty . In his view , freedom is national and slavery sectional . With him the purpose of the Union is to establish the blessings of equality , justice ...
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... York . He exposed its system of machinery - its opposition to the electoral law , placing the appointment of presidential elec- tors in the hands of the people , although solemnly pledged to its support and its intrigues to prevent the ...
... York . He exposed its system of machinery - its opposition to the electoral law , placing the appointment of presidential elec- tors in the hands of the people , although solemnly pledged to its support and its intrigues to prevent the ...
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