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Page 77
... Street , in the house lately known as the Waverley . These lines are so beautiful and so unique that I print them for the benefit of the readers of these hasty sketches . To add to their present value , it may be interesting to say that ...
... Street , in the house lately known as the Waverley . These lines are so beautiful and so unique that I print them for the benefit of the readers of these hasty sketches . To add to their present value , it may be interesting to say that ...
Page 89
... street , who , having been duly sworn , stated , in answer to an in- terrogatory , that he had commanded the armed forces of the Southern Confederacy who had invaded the District of Colum- bia , and within the limits of the city of ...
... street , who , having been duly sworn , stated , in answer to an in- terrogatory , that he had commanded the armed forces of the Southern Confederacy who had invaded the District of Colum- bia , and within the limits of the city of ...
Page 96
... Street , Philadelphia . I have several times referred to Horace Binney , in his ninety - first year — in his day among the ripest and ablest lawyers in the world . General Robert Patterson is the evergreen of his time THOMAS SULLY . 97 ...
... Street , Philadelphia . I have several times referred to Horace Binney , in his ninety - first year — in his day among the ripest and ablest lawyers in the world . General Robert Patterson is the evergreen of his time THOMAS SULLY . 97 ...
Page 98
... Street , near Eleventh , Philadel- phia , surrounded by his books and his pictures , honored and loved by troops of friends , kind , generous , and social , busy with his pen , and always ready to converse with the intelligent of all ...
... Street , near Eleventh , Philadel- phia , surrounded by his books and his pictures , honored and loved by troops of friends , kind , generous , and social , busy with his pen , and always ready to converse with the intelligent of all ...
Page 100
... Streets , on the Schuylkill front , under A. Boyd Cummings , collector of tolls at the eastern end of the Public Works . In 1850 he entered the service of the great Pennsylvania Central at Duncanville , as their general agent of the ...
... Streets , on the Schuylkill front , under A. Boyd Cummings , collector of tolls at the eastern end of the Public Works . In 1850 he entered the service of the great Pennsylvania Central at Duncanville , as their general agent of the ...
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