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1 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1873 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington . Elth F ( 1 TO DANIEL DOUGHERTY : UNFORGOTTEN AND.
1 Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1873 , by HARPER & BROTHERS , In the Office of the Librarian of Congress , at Washington . Elth F ( 1 TO DANIEL DOUGHERTY : UNFORGOTTEN AND.
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It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed ...
It was , I think , about the time Robert J. Walker's tariff of 1846 was passed that he came to Philadelphia , and stopped at Hartwell's Washington House , on Chestnut Street , above Seventh , the guest of the Whigs , whom he addressed ...
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I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , published by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Armstrong , of Tennessee .
I was then Clerk of the House of Representatives of the United States , and one of the editors of the Washington Union , published by that fine specimen of manhood , General Robert Armstrong , of Tennessee .
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... was denouncing Reeder and applauding his removal , President Pierce did not ask me to join in the crusade against my friend , and the Washington Union , of which I was then the editor , contained no line from my pen against him .
... was denouncing Reeder and applauding his removal , President Pierce did not ask me to join in the crusade against my friend , and the Washington Union , of which I was then the editor , contained no line from my pen against him .
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AT WASHINGTON . 15 a it , that it will be a production of consummate interest . The diary of Mr. Buchanan will be a treasure to his historian . One realizes the broad distinction between memory and memoranda , in the attempt to make the ...
AT WASHINGTON . 15 a it , that it will be a production of consummate interest . The diary of Mr. Buchanan will be a treasure to his historian . One realizes the broad distinction between memory and memoranda , in the attempt to make the ...
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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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