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... James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 ...
... James G. Birney for Presi- dent in 1844 , being one of a very , very small party , which will soon control Pennsylvania by an Andrew Jackson majority , we had a strange character among us who occasionally made DR . WILLIAM ELDER . 17 ...
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... James Buchanan was a frequent writer in my old paper , The Lancaster Intelligencer & Journal , and in The Pennsylvanian . His diction was cold and unsympathetic , but exact , clear , and condensed . His precise and elegant chirography ...
... James Buchanan was a frequent writer in my old paper , The Lancaster Intelligencer & Journal , and in The Pennsylvanian . His diction was cold and unsympathetic , but exact , clear , and condensed . His precise and elegant chirography ...
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... James K. Polk , when Mr. Bu- chanan was Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick ...
... James K. Polk , when Mr. Bu- chanan was Secretary of State . Colonel Benton was a sharp thorn in the side of the Administration on the Oregon question . His criticism was merciless , and stung the President and his premier to the quick ...
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... James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished ...
... James S. Jackson , of Kentucky , one of the bravest and best men I ever knew , stood at my side , and I asked him , sotto voce , to help " Remember it yourself , you infernal Black Republi- can , " was his quick reply , and I finished ...
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... James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and ...
... James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re- markable first message of the man who succeeded him , just as Andrew Johnson heard the still more remarkable inauguration of the man he succeeded . War followed the one , peace and ...
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