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... ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON SUNDAY CHRONICLE AND PHILADELPHIA Press . ΛΑΜΠΑΔΙΑ AKTOKUWIN EXONT NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1877 .
... ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON SUNDAY CHRONICLE AND PHILADELPHIA Press . ΛΑΜΠΑΔΙΑ AKTOKUWIN EXONT NEW YORK : HARPER & BROTHERS , PUBLISHERS , FRANKLIN SQUARE . Entered according to Act of Congress , in the year 1877 .
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... York in the rudest scenes , and more than ten among the turbulent men who then , as now , dominated over that great city . Of these he became the early and imperious leader a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never ...
... York in the rudest scenes , and more than ten among the turbulent men who then , as now , dominated over that great city . Of these he became the early and imperious leader a leader blindly followed and blindly obeyed . But he never ...
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... York , greatly esteemed for his amiability and learning , visited my office in his company ; but when I met him a sec- ond time in Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had ...
... York , greatly esteemed for his amiability and learning , visited my office in his company ; but when I met him a sec- ond time in Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had ...
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... York and Califor- nia as I watched his intercourse with Senators and Representa- tives in that trying crisis . Some he would persuade , others he would denounce . He seemed to know the especial weakness to address ; but nothing was more ...
... York and Califor- nia as I watched his intercourse with Senators and Representa- tives in that trying crisis . Some he would persuade , others he would denounce . He seemed to know the especial weakness to address ; but nothing was more ...
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... 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 pieces in most of the Northern States , ob- literated the pro ...
... 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 pieces in most of the Northern States , ob- literated the pro ...
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