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Page 290
... bank and cross over the river to the east bank below the town . The difficulty about the first alternative was that , while ironclad gunboats might possibly run by the batteries , it would certainly be hazardous in the extreme for ...
... bank and cross over the river to the east bank below the town . The difficulty about the first alternative was that , while ironclad gunboats might possibly run by the batteries , it would certainly be hazardous in the extreme for ...
Page 429
... banking business . It owned the Bank of South Carolina , which issued banknotes . With the fall of the Confederacy the bank failed , leaving $ 1,250,000 of its banknote money outstanding . Most of the bank's bills had been lost or ...
... banking business . It owned the Bank of South Carolina , which issued banknotes . With the fall of the Confederacy the bank failed , leaving $ 1,250,000 of its banknote money outstanding . Most of the bank's bills had been lost or ...
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... Bank . He had become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray - haired man of about fifty , and they grew into a pair of conspirators . I think Fish was deceived by Ward at first , and by the time he saw through the ...
... Bank . He had become acquainted with James D. Fish , its president , a gray - haired man of about fifty , and they grew into a pair of conspirators . I think Fish was deceived by Ward at first , and by the time he saw through the ...
Contents
MEN AND HORSES | 11 |
OBSESSIONS AND FANTASIES | 25 |
THE UNWILLING SOLDIER | 38 |
Copyright | |
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