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... honor to vote for James G. Birney for President 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 .
... honor to vote for James G. Birney for President 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 .
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—when the proposition made to tax the people of Philadelphia and the State for the construction of the Pennsylvania Central roused a hurricane of opposition . We were overwhelmed by sinister prophecies ; and yet the seed sown by the ...
—when the proposition made to tax the people of Philadelphia and the State for the construction of the Pennsylvania Central roused a hurricane of opposition . We were overwhelmed by sinister prophecies ; and yet the seed sown by the ...
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In 1868 , the Republicans of Pennsylvania , by a unanimous vote , put me at the head of their delegation to the Republican National Convention , to vote for General Grant as their candidate for President .
In 1868 , the Republicans of Pennsylvania , by a unanimous vote , put me at the head of their delegation to the Republican National Convention , to vote for General Grant as their candidate for President .
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Two men lived in Pennsylvania a little more than twenty years ago who came partly within this category . They were , indeed , known far beyond their vicinity ; but as they did not seek for notoriety , they are not as well remembered as ...
Two men lived in Pennsylvania a little more than twenty years ago who came partly within this category . They were , indeed , known far beyond their vicinity ; but as they did not seek for notoriety , they are not as well remembered as ...
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The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his unparalleled eloquence , and when he reached San Francisco he leaped into a practice that promised to lead all others . His last speech in that city is still ...
The courts of Pennsylvania and the Democratic conventions resounded with his unparalleled eloquence , and when he reached San Francisco he leaped into a practice that promised to lead all others . His last speech in that city is still ...
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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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