Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... letter relating the story as I have tried to tell it , and asking him to secure for the lad the appointment of cadet at the Military Academy . In answer , Governor Marcy said that he regretted his inability to comply with this request ...
... letter relating the story as I have tried to tell it , and asking him to secure for the lad the appointment of cadet at the Military Academy . In answer , Governor Marcy said that he regretted his inability to comply with this request ...
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... letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great excitement over St. Clair's de- feat by the Indians in ...
... letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great excitement over St. Clair's de- feat by the Indians in ...
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... letter to the As- sembly , dated May 25 , in which he demands to know why he alone of all the Bonaparte family has been banished from France , and renews his claim to the rights that belong to him as a French citizen . On the 10th of ...
... letter to the As- sembly , dated May 25 , in which he demands to know why he alone of all the Bonaparte family has been banished from France , and renews his claim to the rights that belong to him as a French citizen . On the 10th of ...
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... letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules Favre violently denounced him for that pas- sage in his letter in which he ...
... letter from Lon- don , in which he said he would prefer to remain in exile rather than be made the subject of disorder and anarchy . At this moment M. Jules Favre violently denounced him for that pas- sage in his letter in which he ...
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... letters and people of fashion , and it is the same when he moves to his winter residence in Washington City . He is apt to seem absent- minded , but he is really not so . A little abrupt at times , he is exceedingly vivacious and ...
... letters and people of fashion , and it is the same when he moves to his winter residence in Washington City . He is apt to seem absent- minded , but he is really not so . A little abrupt at times , he is exceedingly vivacious and ...
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