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... honor of him by his old friends and neigh- bors , Clay said : " In looking back upon my origin and progress through life I have great reason to be thankful . My father died in 1781 , leaving me an infant of too tender years to re- tain ...
... honor of him by his old friends and neigh- bors , Clay said : " In looking back upon my origin and progress through life I have great reason to be thankful . My father died in 1781 , leaving me an infant of too tender years to re- tain ...
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... honor " when friends in- terfered and brought about an amicable settle- ment without bloodshed . A more serious affair was that with Humphrey Marshall , who de- nounced Clay's first efforts in favor of a protec- tive tariff as the ...
... honor " when friends in- terfered and brought about an amicable settle- ment without bloodshed . A more serious affair was that with Humphrey Marshall , who de- nounced Clay's first efforts in favor of a protec- tive tariff as the ...
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Noah Brooks. HENRY CLAY 21 honor . " No duel came out of this . Kremer was a ridiculous person , of whom Daniel Webster , writing to his brother Ezekiel , in New Hamp- shire , said : " Mr. Kremer is a man with whom one would think of ...
Noah Brooks. HENRY CLAY 21 honor . " No duel came out of this . Kremer was a ridiculous person , of whom Daniel Webster , writing to his brother Ezekiel , in New Hamp- shire , said : " Mr. Kremer is a man with whom one would think of ...
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... honor " was a much less notable or even ridiculous affair than it would be in these later and more peaceful days . As I have just intimated , when the storms of slander whirled upon the head of this gallant " Harry of the West , " the ...
... honor " was a much less notable or even ridiculous affair than it would be in these later and more peaceful days . As I have just intimated , when the storms of slander whirled upon the head of this gallant " Harry of the West , " the ...
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... honor and integrity . " As this tribute comes from a political opponent , we may be sure that it does not err on the side of liberality . In the diary of John Quincy Adams , written when he , Clay , Albert Gallatin , and others HENRY ...
... honor and integrity . " As this tribute comes from a political opponent , we may be sure that it does not err on the side of liberality . In the diary of John Quincy Adams , written when he , Clay , Albert Gallatin , and others HENRY ...
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