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... present was Francis P. Blair , Sr. , head of a family that had been prominent in American politics since the days of Andrew Jackson . Retired now and growing corn on his Maryland estate , the old man had come into town the night before ...
... present was Francis P. Blair , Sr. , head of a family that had been prominent in American politics since the days of Andrew Jackson . Retired now and growing corn on his Maryland estate , the old man had come into town the night before ...
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... present limits will bring the states themselves to its gradual abolition . . . I am opposed to the extension of slavery into territories now free , for still graver reasons - because I am opposed to despotism . In my judgment , not only ...
... present limits will bring the states themselves to its gradual abolition . . . I am opposed to the extension of slavery into territories now free , for still graver reasons - because I am opposed to despotism . In my judgment , not only ...
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... present the convention resolutions , Grant was there , standing symbolically at the President's right . He accompanied Johnson on his Swing Around the Circle , although by this time Gideon Welles , that peerer into dark corners , was of ...
... present the convention resolutions , Grant was there , standing symbolically at the President's right . He accompanied Johnson on his Swing Around the Circle , although by this time Gideon Welles , that peerer into dark corners , was of ...
Contents
THE VICE PRESIDENT | 3 |
THE RADICALS | 35 |
OF HOPES DEFERRED | 49 |
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