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... House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The Pennsylvanian , I felt anxious to call on Mr. Clay ...
... House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the extreme followers of the Southern Democrats , in the columns of The Pennsylvanian , I felt anxious to call on Mr. Clay ...
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... House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed at a splendid banquet in the cele- brated Chinese Museum , on Ninth Street . Extensive prepara- tions had been made for the occasion . The company ...
... House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed at a splendid banquet in the cele- brated Chinese Museum , on Ninth Street . Extensive prepara- tions had been made for the occasion . The company ...
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... House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend the unjust but plausible construction that I had written it to obtain ...
... House . My mistaken " Forrest Letter " was made their pretext . I say mistaken , for , though I wrote it with the most honest purpose , I did not venture to defend the unjust but plausible construction that I had written it to obtain ...
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... house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street , back of The Chronicle office , where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never returned , save to join in the work of overthrowing ...
... house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street , back of The Chronicle office , where I resided up to 1856 , when I left Washington to help make Mr. Buchanan President , and never returned , save to join in the work of overthrowing ...
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... two fifths bought the Waverley House , in Washington . The proceeds of my moiety of the one share of Superior City realized $ 21,000 . For that I was in- debted to Stephen A. Douglas - God bless him ! STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. ...
... two fifths bought the Waverley House , in Washington . The proceeds of my moiety of the one share of Superior City realized $ 21,000 . For that I was in- debted to Stephen A. Douglas - God bless him ! STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper & Brothers, 1877 |
| Original from | University of Iowa |
| Digitized | 10 Sep 2015 |
| Length | 444 pages |
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