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... from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860.
... from November , 1852 , to March , 1853 ; and United States Senator from that time until his retirement , on account of ill - health , in 1854. He ran as Vice - President with John Bell on the Conservative ticket in 1860.
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On the 2d of March , 1848 , Prince Louis Napoleon returned to Paris from London , and declared his desire to rank himself under the flag of the Republic ; and , in the meanwhile , his cousins , Pierre and Prince Jerome Bonaparte ...
On the 2d of March , 1848 , Prince Louis Napoleon returned to Paris from London , and declared his desire to rank himself under the flag of the Republic ; and , in the meanwhile , his cousins , Pierre and Prince Jerome Bonaparte ...
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... but can only make room for one - alike illustrative of the admiraable tact of Chevalier Wikoff , described in my first volume ( Anecdote LXXXIV ) , and the ready recognition of his old friend Louis : “ March 13 , 1849.
... but can only make room for one - alike illustrative of the admiraable tact of Chevalier Wikoff , described in my first volume ( Anecdote LXXXIV ) , and the ready recognition of his old friend Louis : “ March 13 , 1849.
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Captain Stockton and Mr. Buchanan were personal friends , and on the 3d of March of that year , one day before the inauguration of Mr. Polk , he gave a large dinner - party at the National Hotel , Washington , to which , as an inmate of ...
Captain Stockton and Mr. Buchanan were personal friends , and on the 3d of March of that year , one day before the inauguration of Mr. Polk , he gave a large dinner - party at the National Hotel , Washington , to which , as an inmate of ...
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WHEN Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President , March 4 , 1861 , among the busy men of the nation were the Governors of the thirty - three States of the Union , since increased to thirtyeight by the admission of Kansas , Nebraska ...
WHEN Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated President , March 4 , 1861 , among the busy men of the nation were the Governors of the thirty - three States of the Union , since increased to thirtyeight by the admission of Kansas , Nebraska ...
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| Title | Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2 Anecdotes of Public Men, John Wien Forney Library of American civilization |
| Author | John Wien Forney |
| Publisher | Harper, 1881 |
| Original from | Pennsylvania State University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2014 |
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