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I. IN 1850 , after the triumph of the Compromise Measures , Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the ...
I. IN 1850 , after the triumph of the Compromise Measures , Henry Clay visited Philadelphia , and stayed at the American House , on Chestnut Street , opposite Independence Hall . As I had supported these Measures in opposition to the ...
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We soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , Forrest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
We soon after took our leave , and as we descended the stairs , Forrest turned to Mr. Swift and myself , and said : “ Mr. Clay has proved , by the skill with which he can change his manner , and the grace with which he can make an ...
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Suppose , when I get home to - morrow , I meet my wife , instead of my children , at the door , and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of ...
Suppose , when I get home to - morrow , I meet my wife , instead of my children , at the door , and on asking for my darlings , she tells me that a man called John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , and another man called Henry Clay , of ...
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Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when shorthand reporting was in its infancy .
Barton was an orator I have never heard surpassed in either House of Congress , and I may safely say this , as I never heard Henry Clay . He lived , unhappily , in the days when shorthand reporting was in its infancy .
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When he came to Washington in 1851 as a Representative from the old Henry Clay Lexington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th ...
When he came to Washington in 1851 as a Representative from the old Henry Clay Lexington district , in Kentucky , he was in no sense an extremist . At that early day , when he had just attained his 30th year , and I was in my 34th ...
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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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