Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
... of Oregon , whose prediction of the collapse of the rebellion he has lived to realize , and , I hope , not to regret . [ March 12 , 1871. ] X. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS was a Representative in Congress from JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE. ...
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... [ March 26 , 1871. ] XII . LISTENING to Mr. Dougherty's brilliant lecture , at the Phila- delphia Academy of Music , on the evening of March 13 , mem- ory carried me back many years . He was right when he said that the days of oratory ...
... [ March 26 , 1871. ] XII . LISTENING to Mr. Dougherty's brilliant lecture , at the Phila- delphia Academy of Music , on the evening of March 13 , mem- ory carried me back many years . He was right when he said that the days of oratory ...
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... March 25 , 1864 , aged fifty - three . They should have lived longer , but they lived long enough to leave thousands to mourn their loss and to revere their memory . [ March 2 , 1871. ] XIII . JAMES BUCHANAN had , like most men , a few ...
... March 25 , 1864 , aged fifty - three . They should have lived longer , but they lived long enough to leave thousands to mourn their loss and to revere their memory . [ March 2 , 1871. ] XIII . JAMES BUCHANAN had , like most men , a few ...
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... March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and occasionally taking posses- sion of the whole house , which was very large and commodious ; but this only happened when I called my friends around me , about once every ...
... March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and occasionally taking posses- sion of the whole house , which was very large and commodious ; but this only happened when I called my friends around me , about once every ...
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... March , 1845 , one of his first visitors was McConnell , and I shall never forget the way he introduced himself : " I have called to pay you my respects , Mr. President , and to say that if you believe in the Virginia and Kentucky ...
... March , 1845 , one of his first visitors was McConnell , and I shall never forget the way he introduced himself : " I have called to pay you my respects , Mr. President , and to say that if you believe in the Virginia and Kentucky ...
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