The American Heritage History of the Making of the NationAmerican Heritage Publishing Company; book trade distribution by Simon and Schuster, 1968 - United States - 416 pages |
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Page 56
... President and the one with the next highest number , Vice President . Hamilton publicly urged all the Feder- alist electors to support Adams and Pinckney with the " great object of excluding Jefferson . " Privately he planned to draw ...
... President and the one with the next highest number , Vice President . Hamilton publicly urged all the Feder- alist electors to support Adams and Pinckney with the " great object of excluding Jefferson . " Privately he planned to draw ...
Page 67
... President Washington had reacted pacifically to Eng- lish provocations by sending Jay to London , so President Adams sent to Paris a concil- iatory mission , consisting of Pinckney , John Marshall , and Elbridge Gerry . The Amer- icans ...
... President Washington had reacted pacifically to Eng- lish provocations by sending Jay to London , so President Adams sent to Paris a concil- iatory mission , consisting of Pinckney , John Marshall , and Elbridge Gerry . The Amer- icans ...
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... President and Gallatin for Vice President . But the days of selecting in this manner were waning , and only sixty - six congressmen showed up at the caucus . A country - wide outcry resulted . If there was any issue in the campaign ...
... President and Gallatin for Vice President . But the days of selecting in this manner were waning , and only sixty - six congressmen showed up at the caucus . A country - wide outcry resulted . If there was any issue in the campaign ...
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