Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 67
... Lincoln . Gov- ernor Curtin at once returned to Harrisburg , and appealed to the Legislature . A bill was matured and presented in the House by Hon . Gideon J. Ball , of Erie . It startled the coun- try by appropriating five hundred ...
... Lincoln . Gov- ernor Curtin at once returned to Harrisburg , and appealed to the Legislature . A bill was matured and presented in the House by Hon . Gideon J. Ball , of Erie . It startled the coun- try by appropriating five hundred ...
Page 81
... Lincoln's election . True to his character for audacity , he was the Breckinridge can- didate for Governor of Massachusetts that year , getting but 6000 out of 170,000 votes . Everybody relates some incident of Benjamin F. Butler ; and ...
... Lincoln's election . True to his character for audacity , he was the Breckinridge can- didate for Governor of Massachusetts that year , getting but 6000 out of 170,000 votes . Everybody relates some incident of Benjamin F. Butler ; and ...
Page 95
... Lincoln had defeated Mr. Seward for the Republican nomi- nation for President at the Chicago Convention , May 17 , 1860 . Everybody recollects that Mr. Greeley was bitterly assailed for his opposition to Mr. Seward at Chicago . The ...
... Lincoln had defeated Mr. Seward for the Republican nomi- nation for President at the Chicago Convention , May 17 , 1860 . Everybody recollects that Mr. Greeley was bitterly assailed for his opposition to Mr. Seward at Chicago . The ...
Page 96
... Lincoln , and from thence wrote to the New York Times a fierce indictment of Greeley . He charged the latter with having done more to defeat Mr. Seward " than the whole family of Blairs , together with all the gubernatorial can- didates ...
... Lincoln , and from thence wrote to the New York Times a fierce indictment of Greeley . He charged the latter with having done more to defeat Mr. Seward " than the whole family of Blairs , together with all the gubernatorial can- didates ...
Page 97
... Lincoln , and against the Rebellion to the bitter end . " NEW YORK , Saturday Evening , Nov. 11 , 1854 . " GOVERNOR SEWARD , -The election is over , and its results are suffi- ciently ascertained . It seems to me a fitting time to ...
... Lincoln , and against the Rebellion to the bitter end . " NEW YORK , Saturday Evening , Nov. 11 , 1854 . " GOVERNOR SEWARD , -The election is over , and its results are suffi- ciently ascertained . It seems to me a fitting time to ...
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