Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... close application , rose rapidly in the service . During the war he was one of the ablest of Admiral Farragut's captains ; and it was always very agreea- ble to sit by and hear Nye , who himself grew rapidly in the es- teem and ...
... close application , rose rapidly in the service . During the war he was one of the ablest of Admiral Farragut's captains ; and it was always very agreea- ble to sit by and hear Nye , who himself grew rapidly in the es- teem and ...
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... close to me . At length his turn . came , and I was on the eve of doing my part , when the Presi- dent , seeing who was with me , and directing his eye towards him , exclaimed , before I spoke , and in a tone of cordial recog- nition ...
... close to me . At length his turn . came , and I was on the eve of doing my part , when the Presi- dent , seeing who was with me , and directing his eye towards him , exclaimed , before I spoke , and in a tone of cordial recog- nition ...
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... close of the last century , to the banks of the Tennessee River , then the limit of civilization . He passed years among the Indians , and when disgusted with civil life would go back to them as to his home . He was clerk to a country ...
... close of the last century , to the banks of the Tennessee River , then the limit of civilization . He passed years among the Indians , and when disgusted with civil life would go back to them as to his home . He was clerk to a country ...
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... , of Vermont ; Alexander W. Randall , Leonard P. Harvey , and Edward Salomon , of Wis- consin ; F. E. Pierpont , of Virginia ; A. I. Boreman , of West Virginia ; but I must close this number with John THE WAR GOVERNORS . 55.
... , of Vermont ; Alexander W. Randall , Leonard P. Harvey , and Edward Salomon , of Wis- consin ; F. E. Pierpont , of Virginia ; A. I. Boreman , of West Virginia ; but I must close this number with John THE WAR GOVERNORS . 55.
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John Wien Forney. Virginia ; but I must close this number with John A. Andrew , of Massachusetts . All the free States did well for their country ; but there was something sublime in Massachusetts , and something peculiar in John A ...
John Wien Forney. Virginia ; but I must close this number with John A. Andrew , of Massachusetts . All the free States did well for their country ; but there was something sublime in Massachusetts , and something peculiar in John A ...
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