Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 23
... interesting . Here we find a view of " Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the ...
... interesting . Here we find a view of " Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the ...
Page 94
... interesting to every cir- cle of society ; and a few illustrations may be pleasant reading . There never was a more marked instance of magnanimity than the manner in which General Grant treated the private letter of Admiral D. D. Porter ...
... interesting to every cir- cle of society ; and a few illustrations may be pleasant reading . There never was a more marked instance of magnanimity than the manner in which General Grant treated the private letter of Admiral D. D. Porter ...
Page 148
... interesting was his orig- inal connection with Morse and his electric telegraph , an en- terprise which , after years of trial and defeat , finally made him a rich man ; so that , in the decline of life , he rested from heavy ...
... interesting was his orig- inal connection with Morse and his electric telegraph , an en- terprise which , after years of trial and defeat , finally made him a rich man ; so that , in the decline of life , he rested from heavy ...
Page 154
... interesting discussion on the Force bill in 1833- described in No. XVII . of these " Anecdotes ; " but I was present as an officer of the United States House of Representatives in 1854 , when the Kansas - Nebraska bill was passed ...
... interesting discussion on the Force bill in 1833- described in No. XVII . of these " Anecdotes ; " but I was present as an officer of the United States House of Representatives in 1854 , when the Kansas - Nebraska bill was passed ...
Page 165
... interesting men spoke in the other House the same day , February 17 , on opposite sides — Alexander H. Stephens , of Georgia , and Lewis D. Campbell , of Ohio , both still living , and both now co - operating with the Democratic party ...
... interesting men spoke in the other House the same day , February 17 , on opposite sides — Alexander H. Stephens , of Georgia , and Lewis D. Campbell , of Ohio , both still living , and both now co - operating with the Democratic party ...
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