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... Washington , he speaks of his skill and good fortune in the selection and purchase of real estate , and his fine forecast of the destiny of Virginia and the West . In this respect Stephen A. Douglas resembled the Father of his Country ...
... Washington , he speaks of his skill and good fortune in the selection and purchase of real estate , and his fine forecast of the destiny of Virginia and the West . In this respect Stephen A. Douglas resembled the Father of his Country ...
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... with my two fifths bought the Waverley House , in Washington . The proceeds of my moiety of the one share of Superior City realized $ 21,000 . For that I was in- debted to Stephen A. Douglas - God bless him ! STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. ...
... with my two fifths bought the Waverley House , in Washington . The proceeds of my moiety of the one share of Superior City realized $ 21,000 . For that I was in- debted to Stephen A. Douglas - God bless him ! STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. ...
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... Washington before he realized that the new President was his foe , and that the solemn pledge of justice to Kansas was not to be main- tained . The national patronage on the Pacific slope was con- centrated in the hands of his colleague ...
... Washington before he realized that the new President was his foe , and that the solemn pledge of justice to Kansas was not to be main- tained . The national patronage on the Pacific slope was con- centrated in the hands of his colleague ...
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... Washington , and the night was especially severe . The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and ...
... Washington , and the night was especially severe . The effort to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States , though not so long as that of 1855-56 , when General Banks was chosen , was equally exciting ; and ...
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John Wien Forney. THE FORREST LETTER . 35 " WASHINGTON , Feb. 1 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , -I need not repeat to you that my name has been as- sociated with the position of Clerk of the House , rather through the par- tiality of kind ...
John Wien Forney. THE FORREST LETTER . 35 " WASHINGTON , Feb. 1 , 1860 . " MY DEAR SIR , -I need not repeat to you that my name has been as- sociated with the position of Clerk of the House , rather through the par- tiality of kind ...
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