Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great ...
... Washington in Domestic Life , " made up from personal letters of Washing- ton to his private secretary , Colonel Lear ; also Colonel Lear's account of Washington's conduct when he heard of the treason of Major André , and of his great ...
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... Washington , to which , as an inmate of Mr. Buchanan's house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited . It was a superb affair . The com- pany consisted of James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania ; William L. ness . Marcy , of New ...
... Washington , to which , as an inmate of Mr. Buchanan's house and an acquaintance of the Captain , I was invited . It was a superb affair . The com- pany consisted of James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania ; William L. ness . Marcy , of New ...
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... Washington , June , 1845 ; the other when I saw him in Paris , July , 1867 - marked distinctly by the changes of twenty - two years , and showing a black - haired man of forty - four in the first , and a gray - haired man of sixty ...
... Washington , June , 1845 ; the other when I saw him in Paris , July , 1867 - marked distinctly by the changes of twenty - two years , and showing a black - haired man of forty - four in the first , and a gray - haired man of sixty ...
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... Washington , the son of a widow . Born by the side of the Potomac , beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer , almost from infancy his lot had been the lot of an orphan . No academy had welcomed him to its shades , no college crowned ...
... Washington , the son of a widow . Born by the side of the Potomac , beneath the roof of a Westmoreland farmer , almost from infancy his lot had been the lot of an orphan . No academy had welcomed him to its shades , no college crowned ...
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... Washington appointed Andrew Jackson to the office of United States District Attorney in the year 1791 ? And yet this fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July , 1845. I use his own ...
... Washington appointed Andrew Jackson to the office of United States District Attorney in the year 1791 ? And yet this fact is stated by the accurate Dr. Cartwright in his Jackson oration , at Natchez , 12th of July , 1845. I use his own ...
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