Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 12
... Street to the date hereof . " I met Mr. Everett several times , but the occasion most to be remembered was my interview with him at the residence of Charles Macalester , 1016 Spruce Street , Philadelphia , May 12 , 1859 , when he was ...
... Street to the date hereof . " I met Mr. Everett several times , but the occasion most to be remembered was my interview with him at the residence of Charles Macalester , 1016 Spruce Street , Philadelphia , May 12 , 1859 , when he was ...
Page 20
... streets so lately rang with the strange din of war ; the fields beyond the ridge where the noble Reynolds held the advancing foe at bay , and , while he gave up his own life , as- sured , by his forethought and self - sacrifice , the ...
... streets so lately rang with the strange din of war ; the fields beyond the ridge where the noble Reynolds held the advancing foe at bay , and , while he gave up his own life , as- sured , by his forethought and self - sacrifice , the ...
Page 54
... Street , opposite the Patent - office , in the city of Washington , in April , 1861. How young he looked ! What a resemblance to the boyish Ellsworth , shot by Jackson at Alexandria , Virgin- ia , on the 25th of May following ! This ...
... Street , opposite the Patent - office , in the city of Washington , in April , 1861. How young he looked ! What a resemblance to the boyish Ellsworth , shot by Jackson at Alexandria , Virgin- ia , on the 25th of May following ! This ...
Page 84
... streets , in the city of Philadelphia , April 17 , 1790. But nothing would surprise him so much as the growth of newspapers ... street in a great city ; one to three in every leading Northern town ; one in every village of the slightest ...
... streets , in the city of Philadelphia , April 17 , 1790. But nothing would surprise him so much as the growth of newspapers ... street in a great city ; one to three in every leading Northern town ; one in every village of the slightest ...
Page 89
... Street , had engaged to write a burlesque , to be produced by Mr. James Wallack , as the Christmas piece for 1855. Before he had been able to do more than roughly sketch the plot , he had to undergo a painful and dangerous surgical ...
... Street , had engaged to write a burlesque , to be produced by Mr. James Wallack , as the Christmas piece for 1855. Before he had been able to do more than roughly sketch the plot , he had to undergo a painful and dangerous surgical ...
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