Prologue to Sumter: The Beginnings of the Civil War from the John Brown Raid to the Surrender of Fort Sumter, Woven Into a Continuous Narrative |
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Page 237
... asked him , if his carriage was at the door , to let me take it and go home as there might be telegrams there . I went , and in a few minutes returned with two telegrams for Colonel Barnwell , which he read and handed to Governor Floyd ...
... asked him , if his carriage was at the door , to let me take it and go home as there might be telegrams there . I went , and in a few minutes returned with two telegrams for Colonel Barnwell , which he read and handed to Governor Floyd ...
Page 365
... asked me to furnish him with Henry Clay's great speech delivered in 1850 ; Andrew Jackson's proclamation against ... asked if I did not write this or that paper for him ; if I did not prepare or help prepare some of his speeches ...
... asked me to furnish him with Henry Clay's great speech delivered in 1850 ; Andrew Jackson's proclamation against ... asked if I did not write this or that paper for him ; if I did not prepare or help prepare some of his speeches ...
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... asked , " Will General Beauregard open his batteries without further notice to me ? " This interrogatory caused a ... asked him in regard to the remark of Ander- son , when , upon a request to that effect , Major Anderson re- peated it ...
... asked , " Will General Beauregard open his batteries without further notice to me ? " This interrogatory caused a ... asked him in regard to the remark of Ander- son , when , upon a request to that effect , Major Anderson re- peated it ...
Contents
Contents | 17 |
Echoes from Harpers Ferry | 29 |
The Trial of John Brown | 39 |
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