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Page 86
... Horace Greeley's Weekly New - Yorker ; there were no Atlantic and Harper , but we revelled in the pages of Waldie's Library ; we had no Macaulay or Bancroft to write us history , but we were satisfied with Hinton and Hildreth ; we had ...
... Horace Greeley's Weekly New - Yorker ; there were no Atlantic and Harper , but we revelled in the pages of Waldie's Library ; we had no Macaulay or Bancroft to write us history , but we were satisfied with Hinton and Hildreth ; we had ...
Page 93
... HORACE GREELEY , AND W. H. SEWARD . " I HAVE not shown , in a single instance , and I cannot think I shall show , even to my nearest friend , a letter written against him to me , because I consider it a breach of confidence . " These ...
... HORACE GREELEY , AND W. H. SEWARD . " I HAVE not shown , in a single instance , and I cannot think I shall show , even to my nearest friend , a letter written against him to me , because I consider it a breach of confidence . " These ...
Page 95
... Horace Greeley to W. H. Seward , November 11 , 1854 , and called out after Abraham Lincoln had defeated Mr. Seward for the Republican nomi- nation for President at the Chicago Convention , May 17 , 1860 . Everybody recollects that Mr.
... Horace Greeley to W. H. Seward , November 11 , 1854 , and called out after Abraham Lincoln had defeated Mr. Seward for the Republican nomi- nation for President at the Chicago Convention , May 17 , 1860 . Everybody recollects that Mr.
Page 101
... HORACE GREELEY . " Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , present . " The venerable Thurlow Weed , the only one of the firm yet alive , deeply regretted that the letter had been forced out , be- cause " it destroyed ideals of disinterested ...
... HORACE GREELEY . " Hon . WILLIAM H. SEWARD , present . " The venerable Thurlow Weed , the only one of the firm yet alive , deeply regretted that the letter had been forced out , be- cause " it destroyed ideals of disinterested ...
Page 118
... Horace Greeley , Henry J. Raymond , George D. Pren- tice , Baillie Peyton , John Bell , George Ashmun , George Evans , and men of that school , not one of whom 118 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... Horace Greeley , Henry J. Raymond , George D. Pren- tice , Baillie Peyton , John Bell , George Ashmun , George Evans , and men of that school , not one of whom 118 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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