Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... undertaking by their threats of ven- geance , taunted him with being a non - resident , coming among them only as an itinerant under the protection of the courts . That taunt , it is said , was the true GEORGE BANCROFT . 39.
... undertaking by their threats of ven- geance , taunted him with being a non - resident , coming among them only as an itinerant under the protection of the courts . That taunt , it is said , was the true GEORGE BANCROFT . 39.
Page 40
... Court , the Representatives and Senators in the city , and thousands from the adjoining country , gathered to the obsequies . Bancroft's oration is a classic , as a few ex- tracts will prove , and it is simple justice to add that ...
... Court , the Representatives and Senators in the city , and thousands from the adjoining country , gathered to the obsequies . Bancroft's oration is a classic , as a few ex- tracts will prove , and it is simple justice to add that ...
Page 44
... Court in July of 1867 . Paran Stevens , of Boston , the founder of the Revere House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French ...
... Court in July of 1867 . Paran Stevens , of Boston , the founder of the Revere House in that city and the Fifth Avenue Hotel , New York , then living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French ...
Page 56
... courts , high and low , he was engaged as counsel in the John Brown affair in 1860 , and , in the same year , for the ... Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a long and ...
... courts , high and low , he was engaged as counsel in the John Brown affair in 1860 , and , in the same year , for the ... Court , he came into the gubernatorial office at the moment when he was needed , amply equipped for a long and ...
Page 59
... Court of Pennsylvania , his Attorney - general , and Hon . William M. Hiester , of Berks County , his Secretary of the Commonwealth , both my personal and political friends , and now in full accord with the Republican party . As if ...
... Court of Pennsylvania , his Attorney - general , and Hon . William M. Hiester , of Berks County , his Secretary of the Commonwealth , both my personal and political friends , and now in full accord with the Republican party . As if ...
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