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... York , had triumphed in his open record of open hostility to the Administration . Instead of getting at least fifty Demo- crats in Congress from the three States of New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania , they got but two from the ...
... York , had triumphed in his open record of open hostility to the Administration . Instead of getting at least fifty Demo- crats in Congress from the three States of New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania , they got but two from the ...
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... York , on that memorable evening : " A short time ago the New York Herald had , at the instiga- tion of Mr. Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read from the Clerk's desk when Forney was ...
... York , on that memorable evening : " A short time ago the New York Herald had , at the instiga- tion of Mr. Buchanan , as he knew , revived the Forrest letter , and had suggested that it be read from the Clerk's desk when Forney was ...
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... York Herald , in making the revelation of a private letter a matter of public discussion . If I could sink so low , I might find additional evidence of the fact , over his own name , that my connection with the Forrest case never ...
... York Herald , in making the revelation of a private letter a matter of public discussion . If I could sink so low , I might find additional evidence of the fact , over his own name , that my connection with the Forrest case never ...
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... York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the ...
... York in 1869 , in his 54th year , greatly mourned in Georgia , where he leaves large family connections . Before we revive the censure of his conduct as James Buchanan's Secretary of the Treasury , and as one of the members of the ...
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... York ( afterward a Senator and since dead ) , Brodhead , Charles J. Ingersoll , Joseph R. Ingersoll , Lewis C. Levin , and David Wilmot , of Pennsylvania , the first and last afterward in the Senate , and the whole number now in their ...
... York ( afterward a Senator and since dead ) , Brodhead , Charles J. Ingersoll , Joseph R. Ingersoll , Lewis C. Levin , and David Wilmot , of Pennsylvania , the first and last afterward in the Senate , and the whole number now in their ...
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