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Page xliv
Overtaken by poverty and disease , they served to fill the almshouses and the prisons . Their overflowing numbers increased the amount both of wretchedness ...
Overtaken by poverty and disease , they served to fill the almshouses and the prisons . Their overflowing numbers increased the amount both of wretchedness ...
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... made a reclamation on Mr. Van Buren , then president of the United States , in behalf of the prisoner . He insisted that the destruction of the Caroline ...
... made a reclamation on Mr. Van Buren , then president of the United States , in behalf of the prisoner . He insisted that the destruction of the Caroline ...
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... be an infringement of international law , however he might differ from that opinion , he should feel bound to release the prisoner from his sentence .
... be an infringement of international law , however he might differ from that opinion , he should feel bound to release the prisoner from his sentence .
Page lxii
... marshals and judges in United States courts , and that imprisonments they might order should be in United States prisons , if such could be found .
... marshals and judges in United States courts , and that imprisonments they might order should be in United States prisons , if such could be found .
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... he declined to receive any compensation for his successful effort in behalf of the prisoner , although it was tendered by the jury who felt themselves ...
... he declined to receive any compensation for his successful effort in behalf of the prisoner , although it was tendered by the jury who felt themselves ...
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| Title | The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 1 The Works of William H. Seward, William Henry Seward |
| Author | William Henry Seward |
| Editor | George E. Baker |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2009 |
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