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Page 63
... Chief Magistrate , recommending Mr. Buchanan for Secre- tary of State . George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on the same ticket with Mr. Polk . He , like Buchanan , was a standing candidate for the first ...
... Chief Magistrate , recommending Mr. Buchanan for Secre- tary of State . George M. Dallas , of Pennsylvania , was chosen Vice - President on the same ticket with Mr. Polk . He , like Buchanan , was a standing candidate for the first ...
Page 85
... chief actor himself , who would finally drop his instrument out of sheer exhaustion . So true it is that work without amusement is a sure prepara- tion for death ; that the brain , like the body , must have rest , and that when either ...
... chief actor himself , who would finally drop his instrument out of sheer exhaustion . So true it is that work without amusement is a sure prepara- tion for death ; that the brain , like the body , must have rest , and that when either ...
Page 87
... chief attraction , by his endless flow of spirits and his pecul- iar magnetic amiability . When I was the Democratic candi- date for United States Senator , in 1857 , before the Legislature of Pennsylvania , of which Mr. Wilkins was a ...
... chief attraction , by his endless flow of spirits and his pecul- iar magnetic amiability . When I was the Democratic candi- date for United States Senator , in 1857 , before the Legislature of Pennsylvania , of which Mr. Wilkins was a ...
Page 89
... chief command- er , General R. E. Lee . Waiving further question the witness was discharged , and General Lee called and duly sworn , who testified as to his position in the Confederate service , his direc- tions to Longstreet , and his ...
... chief command- er , General R. E. Lee . Waiving further question the witness was discharged , and General Lee called and duly sworn , who testified as to his position in the Confederate service , his direc- tions to Longstreet , and his ...
Page 100
... chief clerk at Seventh and Willow 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 ...
... chief clerk at Seventh and Willow 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 ...
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