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... house was disfigured by several violent incidents , more than one of which involved the truculent Henry S. Foote of Tennessee , who was once attacked by a colleague with a bowie knife . The Senate was scarcely edified by the spectacle ...
... house was disfigured by several violent incidents , more than one of which involved the truculent Henry S. Foote of Tennessee , who was once attacked by a colleague with a bowie knife . The Senate was scarcely edified by the spectacle ...
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... House reception attracted a stream of callers whose eager hand- shakes left the president's hand so stiff and sore ... house which numbered members of Congress among its boarders.1 The arrival of General Burnside at the White House began ...
... House reception attracted a stream of callers whose eager hand- shakes left the president's hand so stiff and sore ... house which numbered members of Congress among its boarders.1 The arrival of General Burnside at the White House began ...
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... House reception attracted a stream of callers whose eager hand- shakes left the president's hand so stiff and sore ... house which numbered members of Congress among its boarders.1 The arrival of General Burnside at the White House began ...
... House reception attracted a stream of callers whose eager hand- shakes left the president's hand so stiff and sore ... house which numbered members of Congress among its boarders.1 The arrival of General Burnside at the White House began ...
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