Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... 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. But it would require more space than I ...
... 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. But it would require more space than I ...
Page 25
... 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 ( Plonplon ) , were ...
... 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 ( Plonplon ) , were ...
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... March 13 , 1849. Mr. Wikoff , of Philadelphia , called on me a few days ago , to request that I would present him to the Prince President . What need of this , I asked ? you have known the President longer than I have . I had read the ...
... March 13 , 1849. Mr. Wikoff , of Philadelphia , called on me a few days ago , to request that I would present him to the Prince President . What need of this , I asked ? you have known the President longer than I have . I had read the ...
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... 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 Mr. Buchanan's house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited ...
... 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 Mr. Buchanan's house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited ...
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... March 4 , 1861 , among the busy men of the nation were the Governors of the thirty - three States of the Union , since increased to thirty- eight by the admission of Kansas , Nebraska , Nevada , West Virginia , and Colorado . It was my ...
... March 4 , 1861 , among the busy men of the nation were the Governors of the thirty - three States of the Union , since increased to thirty- eight by the admission of Kansas , Nebraska , Nevada , West Virginia , and Colorado . It was my ...
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