Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 AND EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY CHRONICLE ) ...
... REPRESENTATIVES SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION ) FROM 1851 TO 1855 AND EDITOR OF THE ORGAN OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ( THE WASHINGTON DAILY CHRONICLE ) ...
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... Representatives and Senators in the city , and thousands from the adjoining country , gathered to the obsequies . Bancroft's oration is a classic , as a few ex- tracts will prove , and it is simple justice to add that nothing comparable ...
... Representatives and Senators in the city , and thousands from the adjoining country , gathered to the obsequies . Bancroft's oration is a classic , as a few ex- tracts will prove , and it is simple justice to add that nothing comparable ...
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... representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the auspices of Jefferson . " People of the District of Columbia , I should fail to do a duty on this occasion if I did not give utterance to your senti- ment of gratitude ...
... representatives in the American Senate , where he sat under the auspices of Jefferson . " People of the District of Columbia , I should fail to do a duty on this occasion if I did not give utterance to your senti- ment of gratitude ...
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... Representative in Congress from Tennes- see from 1823 to 1827. In 1829 he became Governor of that State , and resigned and went to live among the Indians , where he remained several years . It was during his Indian life and General ...
... Representative in Congress from Tennes- see from 1823 to 1827. In 1829 he became Governor of that State , and resigned and went to live among the Indians , where he remained several years . It was during his Indian life and General ...
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... representatives of the same heroic regiments and companies to which they were in- trusted . At the hands , General , of yourself , the ranking - officer of the volunteers of the commonwealth ( one of the earliest who accepted a ...
... representatives of the same heroic regiments and companies to which they were in- trusted . At the hands , General , of yourself , the ranking - officer of the volunteers of the commonwealth ( one of the earliest who accepted a ...
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