Something of Men I Have Known: With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective |
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... York , con- ducted the prosecution in the main as managers on the part of the House of Representatives . The principal contention on the part of the counsel for the accused was that there could be no conviction , inasmuch as Belknap had ...
... York , con- ducted the prosecution in the main as managers on the part of the House of Representatives . The principal contention on the part of the counsel for the accused was that there could be no conviction , inasmuch as Belknap had ...
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... York . It was late Saturday afternoon when we were conveyed by car- riages from the crossing at Jersey City to the depot where the Norwich train was in waiting . Our route lay for some distance along Broadway , through the very heart of ...
... York . It was late Saturday afternoon when we were conveyed by car- riages from the crossing at Jersey City to the depot where the Norwich train was in waiting . Our route lay for some distance along Broadway , through the very heart of ...
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... York was a member . elected Vice - president in 1876 , and the duties of that office have rarely been discharged by an abler or more courteous officer . He was highly esteemed by his associates during his long service in the House . His ...
... York was a member . elected Vice - president in 1876 , and the duties of that office have rarely been discharged by an abler or more courteous officer . He was highly esteemed by his associates during his long service in the House . His ...
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... York . A generation had passed since he first entered Congress . He was a Repre- sentative in the old hall of the Capitol while Webster , Calhoun , and Clay were in their prime . Erect , stately , faultless in his attire , and of ...
... York . A generation had passed since he first entered Congress . He was a Repre- sentative in the old hall of the Capitol while Webster , Calhoun , and Clay were in their prime . Erect , stately , faultless in his attire , and of ...
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... York during the closing session of the forty - fourth Congress . He was an eminent lawyer , and , at the time , stood at the head of the American bar . His name is inseparably associated with many important reforms in legal procedure ...
... York during the closing session of the forty - fourth Congress . He was an eminent lawyer , and , at the time , stood at the head of the American bar . His name is inseparably associated with many important reforms in legal procedure ...
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