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... Secretary's family were dangerously wounded by the assassin while making his escape . By the death of President ... Secretary of the Treasury . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . GIDEON WELLEs , Secretary of Navy . Your obedient ...
... Secretary's family were dangerously wounded by the assassin while making his escape . By the death of President ... Secretary of the Treasury . EDWIN M. STANTON , Secretary of War . GIDEON WELLEs , Secretary of Navy . Your obedient ...
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... SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON REPLIES " YOU CAN'T " It was obvious that President Lincoln's successor would find a thorny path ahead of him . The demobilization of the nation's vast war machine was but one of his problems . His greatest ...
... SECRETARY OF WAR STANTON REPLIES " YOU CAN'T " It was obvious that President Lincoln's successor would find a thorny path ahead of him . The demobilization of the nation's vast war machine was but one of his problems . His greatest ...
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... Secretary of War will be accepted . In reply I have the honor to say that public considerations of a high character , which alone have induced me to continue at the head of this Department , constrain me not to resign the Office of ...
... Secretary of War will be accepted . In reply I have the honor to say that public considerations of a high character , which alone have induced me to continue at the head of this Department , constrain me not to resign the Office of ...
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George Washington writes his wife of his selection as Com | 3 |
refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
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