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... Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old Missourian replied ...
... Department then and there . Should that posi- tion remain unavailable , he would offer Bates the Attorney Generalship and urge him to accept . Mentioning his 1850 re- fusal and his present disinclination , the old Missourian replied ...
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... Department , Chase for the Treasury ) , but that the other departments had given him much trouble , partly because he was not as well acquainted as he needed to be with the prominent men available . Had Weed any general suggestions ? He ...
... Department , Chase for the Treasury ) , but that the other departments had given him much trouble , partly because he was not as well acquainted as he needed to be with the prominent men available . Had Weed any general suggestions ? He ...
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... Department , is a certainty . " As to the remaining positions , the prospect now is that Mr. Welles , of Connecticut , will be Postmaster General , Montgomery Blair , Secretary of War , and either Mr. Etheridge , of Tennessee , or Mr ...
... Department , is a certainty . " As to the remaining positions , the prospect now is that Mr. Welles , of Connecticut , will be Postmaster General , Montgomery Blair , Secretary of War , and either Mr. Etheridge , of Tennessee , or Mr ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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