Turning on the Light: A Dispassionate Survey of President Buchanan's Administration, from 1860 to Its Close. Including a Biographical Sketch of the Author, Eight Letters from Mr. Buchanan Never Before Published, and Numerous Miscellaneous Articles |
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... John A. Dix came to be Secretary of the Treasury .. CHAPTER XVII . 186 The Stolen Arms Investigation ; Letter of Ex - President Buchanan . . 192 PART II . CHAPTER I. Letters from ex - President Buchanan never before published CHAPTER II ...
... John A. Dix came to be Secretary of the Treasury .. CHAPTER XVII . 186 The Stolen Arms Investigation ; Letter of Ex - President Buchanan . . 192 PART II . CHAPTER I. Letters from ex - President Buchanan never before published CHAPTER II ...
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... John M. Brodhead , with Wm . R. Woodward as clerk and B. M. Campbell as expert . Of this important work , Mr. Goodloe wrote : " The whole number of claims presented within the time 14 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF Lincoln and McClellan.
... John M. Brodhead , with Wm . R. Woodward as clerk and B. M. Campbell as expert . Of this important work , Mr. Goodloe wrote : " The whole number of claims presented within the time 14 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF Lincoln and McClellan.
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... John A. Dix , Postmaster of New York , Nahum Capen , Postmaster of Boston , Hon . D. S. Dickinson , and the Author , with Remarks on the Loyalty of President Buchanan . I HAVE often regretted that I did not keep a complete diary of the ...
... John A. Dix , Postmaster of New York , Nahum Capen , Postmaster of Boston , Hon . D. S. Dickinson , and the Author , with Remarks on the Loyalty of President Buchanan . I HAVE often regretted that I did not keep a complete diary of the ...
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... JOHN A. Dix , P. M. , New York . " - " HORATIO KING . " P. O. DEPARTMENT , November 7 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , - I write this ( on the business of the department ) early in the morning , before seeing hardly any one . The bright sun is ...
... JOHN A. Dix , P. M. , New York . " - " HORATIO KING . " P. O. DEPARTMENT , November 7 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , - I write this ( on the business of the department ) early in the morning , before seeing hardly any one . The bright sun is ...
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... JOHN A. DIX . " P. O. DEPARTMENT , APPT . OFFICE , November 23 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , -Your private note of yesterday is received . I have shown it to the Postmaster - General . I am told both the President and Mr. Cobb are under a ...
... JOHN A. DIX . " P. O. DEPARTMENT , APPT . OFFICE , November 23 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , -Your private note of yesterday is received . I have shown it to the Postmaster - General . I am told both the President and Mr. Cobb are under a ...
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