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Page 66
... Buren in 1838 , I was invited by General Cam- eron to take a ride with him from Middletown to Reading , via Pottsville . It was in May of 1841 or '42 , the loveliest spring month of the year . We took it leisurely , had a fine pair of ...
... Buren in 1838 , I was invited by General Cam- eron to take a ride with him from Middletown to Reading , via Pottsville . It was in May of 1841 or '42 , the loveliest spring month of the year . We took it leisurely , had a fine pair of ...
Page 69
... Buren , Hen- ry J. Raymond , George Law , Horace Greeley , James T. Brady , E. B. Hart , John Brougham , Daniel E. Sickles , Edwin Forrest , Thurlow Weed , Dean Richmond , Henry G. Stebbins , Peter Cagger , congregated there in social ...
... Buren , Hen- ry J. Raymond , George Law , Horace Greeley , James T. Brady , E. B. Hart , John Brougham , Daniel E. Sickles , Edwin Forrest , Thurlow Weed , Dean Richmond , Henry G. Stebbins , Peter Cagger , congregated there in social ...
Page 70
... Buren was the despot of the dinner - table . had a way of assuming the command that made him resistless , and he had the bearing , the voice , and the domination that DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity 70 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC ...
... Buren was the despot of the dinner - table . had a way of assuming the command that made him resistless , and he had the bearing , the voice , and the domination that DINNER - TABLE WITS . 71 seemed to give equity 70 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC ...
Page 71
... Buren , has been gathered by the great Shepherd to the eternal fold . The best dinner - table orator , the sharpest wit when the cloth is removed , the most genial of public hosts , is my dear friend , Morton McMichael , of Philadelphia ...
... Buren , has been gathered by the great Shepherd to the eternal fold . The best dinner - table orator , the sharpest wit when the cloth is removed , the most genial of public hosts , is my dear friend , Morton McMichael , of Philadelphia ...
Page 83
... Buren was Silas Wright , who was strangely modest and unobtrusive . Henry Clay , haughty and imperious as he often was , delighted in anecdote . The unequaled Webster was too wise and sensible not to enjoy humor . John C. Calhoun was ...
... Buren was Silas Wright , who was strangely modest and unobtrusive . Henry Clay , haughty and imperious as he often was , delighted in anecdote . The unequaled Webster was too wise and sensible not to enjoy humor . John C. Calhoun was ...
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