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... 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 , the leader of that his ...
... 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 , the leader of that his ...
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... 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 was nu- merous ...
... 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 was nu- merous ...
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... 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 him after he broke the promise of justice to ...
... 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 him after he broke the promise of justice to ...
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... Streets , Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San Francisco . The shadow of his fate was upon him . He was much depressed . We had broken the Ad- ministration party to ...
... Streets , Philadelphia , where he took the omnibus to the New York dépôt , intending to sail in a few days for San Francisco . The shadow of his fate was upon him . He was much depressed . We had broken the Ad- ministration party to ...
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... streets and the hilarious company in the rooms . It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men by the people in the elections ...
... streets and the hilarious company in the rooms . It was fair poetical justice to remind the Administration of their persecution of the men who had resisted Lecompton , and of the vindication of these men by the people in the elections ...
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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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