Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 187
... Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland , has been equally at- tentive to the men of the past , of whom he was almost the last and the brightest survivor . Excepting ex - President Fillmore , Robert C. Winthrop , and Truman Smith , no man on this ...
... Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland , has been equally at- tentive to the men of the past , of whom he was almost the last and the brightest survivor . Excepting ex - President Fillmore , Robert C. Winthrop , and Truman Smith , no man on this ...
Page 239
... Reverdy Johnson , who died a few years since at a great age , who came over with the Old - line Whigs , and made a speech at Concert Hall . Josiah Randall , a leader of the same school , a contemporary of Clay , Webster , and General ...
... Reverdy Johnson , who died a few years since at a great age , who came over with the Old - line Whigs , and made a speech at Concert Hall . Josiah Randall , a leader of the same school , a contemporary of Clay , Webster , and General ...
Page 403
... that it would give his friend no trouble to drop in and procure the money . Many of them be- lieve that California is not a part of the United States , and only three evenings ago I received a note from the man HON . REVERDY JOHNSON . 403.
... that it would give his friend no trouble to drop in and procure the money . Many of them be- lieve that California is not a part of the United States , and only three evenings ago I received a note from the man HON . REVERDY JOHNSON . 403.
Page 404
... Reverdy Johnson , then sojourning at the Westminster Palace Hotel , with his son - in - law , Mr. Kerr . It was something more than satisfaction to me to meet my old friend once again . It is more than thirty years since I first met Reverdy ...
... Reverdy Johnson , then sojourning at the Westminster Palace Hotel , with his son - in - law , Mr. Kerr . It was something more than satisfaction to me to meet my old friend once again . It is more than thirty years since I first met Reverdy ...
Page 407
... Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland . And in his eightieth year he visited London , no longer a minister at the English Court , but everywhere sought as the quiet philosopher of his time , as welcome at the residence of his successor in ...
... Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland . And in his eightieth year he visited London , no longer a minister at the English Court , but everywhere sought as the quiet philosopher of his time , as welcome at the residence of his successor in ...
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