Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 34
... Virginia . All of these are dead , including James K. Polk , President , and George M. Dallas , Vice - President , excepting George Bancroft , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit ...
... Virginia . All of these are dead , including James K. Polk , President , and George M. Dallas , Vice - President , excepting George Bancroft , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit ...
Page 38
... Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington , the son of a widow . Born by the side of the Potomac , beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer , almost from infancy his lot had been the lot of an orphan . No academy had welcomed ...
... Virginia sheltered the youthful George Washington , the son of a widow . Born by the side of the Potomac , beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer , almost from infancy his lot had been the lot of an orphan . No academy had welcomed ...
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... Virginia ; General B. C. Howard , of Maryland ; Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright , of Mis- sissippi , and a host of others , swelled the universal tribute . I specially recollect the quaint effort of the latter , and chiefly be- cause it threw ...
... Virginia ; General B. C. Howard , of Maryland ; Dr. Samuel A. Cartwright , of Mis- sissippi , and a host of others , swelled the universal tribute . I specially recollect the quaint effort of the latter , and chiefly be- cause it threw ...
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... Virginia , and Colorado . It was my good fortune to know many of them in both sections . At the very head of the War Governors of the Southern States history will place Sam Houston , of Texas . Born in Rockbridge County , Virginia ...
... Virginia , and Colorado . It was my good fortune to know many of them in both sections . At the very head of the War Governors of the Southern States history will place Sam Houston , of Texas . Born in Rockbridge County , Virginia ...
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... Virginia , was in Congress while I was Clerk . A strong partisan , he was honest and useful , and , as a member of the Committee of Ways and Means , was always opposed to corruption . He succeeded Henry A. Wise , who was elected in 1854 ...
... Virginia , was in Congress while I was Clerk . A strong partisan , he was honest and useful , and , as a member of the Committee of Ways and Means , was always opposed to corruption . He succeeded Henry A. Wise , who was elected in 1854 ...
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