Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... land , not we only , but all the country and all the world , know . He has performed this career , and is yet at such a period of life that I may venture something upon the char- acter and privilege of my countrymen when I predict that ...
... land , not we only , but all the country and all the world , know . He has performed this career , and is yet at such a period of life that I may venture something upon the char- acter and privilege of my countrymen when I predict that ...
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... land from 1841 to 1845 ; President of Harvard University from 1846 to 1849 ; Secretary of State , as the successor of Daniel Webster , from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his ...
... land from 1841 to 1845 ; President of Harvard University from 1846 to 1849 ; Secretary of State , as the successor of Daniel Webster , from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his ...
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... land from 1817 to 1825 , under both Monroe and John Quincy Adams ; Secretary of the Treasury from 1825 to 1829 , under the latter ; and candidate for Vice - President with John Quincy Adams , in 1828 , against General Jackson . His ...
... land from 1817 to 1825 , under both Monroe and John Quincy Adams ; Secretary of the Treasury from 1825 to 1829 , under the latter ; and candidate for Vice - President with John Quincy Adams , in 1828 , against General Jackson . His ...
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... land in June , 1847. In June , 1849 , he resigned his commission in the navy , and , in 1851 , was elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but resigned in 1853 , after having been active in several ...
... land in June , 1847. In June , 1849 , he resigned his commission in the navy , and , in 1851 , was elected a Senator in Congress from New Jersey for the term ending in 1857 , but resigned in 1853 , after having been active in several ...
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... land ; ' among skin - clad savages with scalps and rattles , or uncouth emigrants ' that would never speak Eng- lish ; ' rarely sleeping in a bed ; holding a bearskin a splendid couch ; glad of a resting - place for the night upon a ...
... land ; ' among skin - clad savages with scalps and rattles , or uncouth emigrants ' that would never speak Eng- lish ; ' rarely sleeping in a bed ; holding a bearskin a splendid couch ; glad of a resting - place for the night upon a ...
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