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... Attempt on Secretary Seward - Mr. Frederick W. Seward Wounded Mr. Hunter - Mr. Adams - Passports for Rebels - Pardons . - - SELECTIONS FROM DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE : - - .187 Secretary Black's View of the Late Election - Mr. Seward's ...
... Attempt on Secretary Seward - Mr. Frederick W. Seward Wounded Mr. Hunter - Mr. Adams - Passports for Rebels - Pardons . - - SELECTIONS FROM DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE : - - .187 Secretary Black's View of the Late Election - Mr. Seward's ...
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... attempts had heretofore been made , ineffectually , to negotiate a treaty not subject to na- tional jealousies nor in conflict with the interests and policy of our slave - holders . In 1817 , Wilberforce urged the matter upon the at ...
... attempts had heretofore been made , ineffectually , to negotiate a treaty not subject to na- tional jealousies nor in conflict with the interests and policy of our slave - holders . In 1817 , Wilberforce urged the matter upon the at ...
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... attempted . This suggestion also was adopted . When the first day of January , 1863 , arrived , nearly all opposi- tion had ceased , and the public mind was prepared for the great proclamation . At noon on that day , Mr Seward took the ...
... attempted . This suggestion also was adopted . When the first day of January , 1863 , arrived , nearly all opposi- tion had ceased , and the public mind was prepared for the great proclamation . At noon on that day , Mr Seward took the ...
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... marked contrast with the feeble attempts of the British government in 1861-1864 . See Memoirs of John Quincy Adams , Vols . IV . , V. tribunal awarded fifteen and one - half millions of dollars 2 THE ALABAMA CLAIMS . 17.
... marked contrast with the feeble attempts of the British government in 1861-1864 . See Memoirs of John Quincy Adams , Vols . IV . , V. tribunal awarded fifteen and one - half millions of dollars 2 THE ALABAMA CLAIMS . 17.
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... attempt was made to assassinate the Secretary of State in his own house , where he was in bed suffering from the effects of the late accident . The attempt failed , but Mr. Seward was severely cut , on the face es- pecially , it is ...
... attempt was made to assassinate the Secretary of State in his own house , where he was in bed suffering from the effects of the late accident . The attempt failed , but Mr. Seward was severely cut , on the face es- pecially , it is ...
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