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... Thaddeus Stevens and Abra- THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never 36 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... Thaddeus Stevens and Abra- THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never 36 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta ...
John Wien Forney. THADDEUS STEVENS . 37 ham Lincoln . Things they never said , now that both are gone , are boldly laid upon their memories . But no two men , perhaps , so entirely different in character , ever threw off more sponta ...
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... Thaddeus Stevens would be found playing a game of whist with the Democratic Representative from Indiana , the venerable John Law ; at another William Pitt Fessenden and Senator Nesmith , of Oregon . Speaker , now Vice - President Colfax ...
... Thaddeus Stevens would be found playing a game of whist with the Democratic Representative from Indiana , the venerable John Law ; at another William Pitt Fessenden and Senator Nesmith , of Oregon . Speaker , now Vice - President Colfax ...
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... Thaddeus Stevens and John Hickman , of Pennsylvania , were signal illustrations . Their opinions were given with an ex cathedrâ air , and generally submitted to . The privileges of lawyers in Congress have often excited complaint . They ...
... Thaddeus Stevens and John Hickman , of Pennsylvania , were signal illustrations . Their opinions were given with an ex cathedrâ air , and generally submitted to . The privileges of lawyers in Congress have often excited complaint . They ...
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... Thaddeus Stevens lived , his most intimate companion at whist and euchre was the venerable John Law , the distinguished Democrat from the Indianapolis district . But in nothing is the change more marked than in the manners of the two ...
... Thaddeus Stevens lived , his most intimate companion at whist and euchre was the venerable John Law , the distinguished Democrat from the Indianapolis district . But in nothing is the change more marked than in the manners of the two ...
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