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Page 19
... Railroad . I suspect that the Civilizer and Christianizer Jay Cooke , who pioneers this mighty work , was nearly as poor a man as I was when Stephen A. Douglas came to me one day in 1853 , and said , looking up at the map , " How would ...
... Railroad . I suspect that the Civilizer and Christianizer Jay Cooke , who pioneers this mighty work , was nearly as poor a man as I was when Stephen A. Douglas came to me one day in 1853 , and said , looking up at the map , " How would ...
Page 20
... Railroad Company , the enterprise which he alone carried through Congress . The monument was not complete , but the palatial edifices of the railroad were . I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the ...
... Railroad Company , the enterprise which he alone carried through Congress . The monument was not complete , but the palatial edifices of the railroad were . I could not help it , but when I remembered how in Paris and London , just the ...
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... railroad president . He lives in some of the finest lyrics of the language , and in his great play of " Jack Cade , " which holds the stage with tenacious popularity . Had he figured in Con- gress he would be classed among the Wirts ...
... railroad president . He lives in some of the finest lyrics of the language , and in his great play of " Jack Cade , " which holds the stage with tenacious popularity . Had he figured in Con- gress he would be classed among the Wirts ...
Page 66
... railroad in those days from Harrisburg to Lebanon and Reading , and none from Pottsville to Reading , so that after free and cordial intercourse with the politicians at John W. Weaver's old - fashioned hotel in Potts- ville , we ...
... railroad in those days from Harrisburg to Lebanon and Reading , and none from Pottsville to Reading , so that after free and cordial intercourse with the politicians at John W. Weaver's old - fashioned hotel in Potts- ville , we ...
Page 69
... railroads , can- didates and creeds . This goodly company is now widely scat- tered . Some have been introduced to the mysteries beyond the grave . Webster , John Van Buren , James T. Brady , Dean Richmond , Peter Cagger , Henry J ...
... railroads , can- didates and creeds . This goodly company is now widely scat- tered . Some have been introduced to the mysteries beyond the grave . Webster , John Van Buren , James T. Brady , Dean Richmond , Peter Cagger , Henry J ...
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