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Page 64
... United States with Peter Wager and Henry D. Gilpin ; and yet he was so cosmopolitan and catholic that every man of distinc- tion was glad to receive and prompt to accept his invitations . Clay , Webster , Calhoun , Crittenden , Clayton ...
... United States with Peter Wager and Henry D. Gilpin ; and yet he was so cosmopolitan and catholic that every man of distinc- tion was glad to receive and prompt to accept his invitations . Clay , Webster , Calhoun , Crittenden , Clayton ...
Page 72
... United States . This ses- sion is , in fact , the Masonry of American legislation . There is perhaps nothing like it in civilized government , although the theory of it pervades the administration of all nations . This theory is that ...
... United States . This ses- sion is , in fact , the Masonry of American legislation . There is perhaps nothing like it in civilized government , although the theory of it pervades the administration of all nations . This theory is that ...
Page 75
... United States , I rented two large chambers on the lower floor of what is known on Capitol Hill as " The Mills House , " and occupied them , with brief intervals , until March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and ...
... United States , I rented two large chambers on the lower floor of what is known on Capitol Hill as " The Mills House , " and occupied them , with brief intervals , until March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and ...
Page 87
... United States Senator , in 1857 , before the Legislature of Pennsylvania , of which Mr. Wilkins was a member , I felt that we should have exchanged places , and that the post for which I was selected ought to have been tendered to him ...
... United States Senator , in 1857 , before the Legislature of Pennsylvania , of which Mr. Wilkins was a member , I felt that we should have exchanged places , and that the post for which I was selected ought to have been tendered to him ...
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... United States , I took occasion to assure the court that I would economize its valuable time so far as the prosecution was concerned , and close the case of the State in half an hour . " The first witness called to the stand was General ...
... United States , I took occasion to assure the court that I would economize its valuable time so far as the prosecution was concerned , and close the case of the State in half an hour . " The first witness called to the stand was General ...
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