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... President Buchanan had given their congressmen three weeks previous . Greatly excited the South Carolina commis- sioners held two conferences with the President on the 27 and 28 of December . They believed he had broken his word and ...
... President Buchanan had given their congressmen three weeks previous . Greatly excited the South Carolina commis- sioners held two conferences with the President on the 27 and 28 of December . They believed he had broken his word and ...
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... President's proclamation had been a pro - slavery document . This and similar facts deter- mined the anti - slavery people in Boston to send a delegation to the President . The President entered the room laughing and said that in the ...
... President's proclamation had been a pro - slavery document . This and similar facts deter- mined the anti - slavery people in Boston to send a delegation to the President . The President entered the room laughing and said that in the ...
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... President how it seemed to be working . The President said he had not expected much from it at first , and so far had not been disappointed . He hoped something would come of it after a while . " My own impression , Mr. Phillips ...
... President how it seemed to be working . The President said he had not expected much from it at first , and so far had not been disappointed . He hoped something would come of it after a while . " My own impression , Mr. Phillips ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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