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 115
... Secretary of War , William Eustis , and the bibulous Secretary of the Navy , Paul Hamilton , who had demon- strated their gross incapacity even to Madison's indul- gently friendly eye . The new Secretary of War , John Armstrong , though ...
... Secretary of War , William Eustis , and the bibulous Secretary of the Navy , Paul Hamilton , who had demon- strated their gross incapacity even to Madison's indul- gently friendly eye . The new Secretary of War , John Armstrong , though ...
Page 228
... Secretary of the Treasury sponsored a bill for a new deposit bank that could establish branches with the consent of the states concerned , Clay countered with his own bill for a na- tional bank with unlimited power to set up branches ...
... Secretary of the Treasury sponsored a bill for a new deposit bank that could establish branches with the consent of the states concerned , Clay countered with his own bill for a na- tional bank with unlimited power to set up branches ...
Page 381
... Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb , Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson , and Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black . The three , with the shrewd and unscrupulous John Slidell of Louisiana as administration leader in the Senate ...
... Secretary of the Treasury Howell Cobb , Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson , and Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black . The three , with the shrewd and unscrupulous John Slidell of Louisiana as administration leader in the Senate ...
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