Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
... death of Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he recreated . James K. Polk was one of the disciples of Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol ...
... death of Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he recreated . James K. Polk was one of the disciples of Jackson , and was a few days over three months President when his idol ...
Page 43
... death itself . " When he first felt the hand of death upon him , ' May my enemies , ' he cried , ' find peace ; may the liberties of my coun- try endure forever ! ' " History does not describe the man that equalled him in firmness of ...
... death itself . " When he first felt the hand of death upon him , ' May my enemies , ' he cried , ' find peace ; may the liberties of my coun- try endure forever ! ' " History does not describe the man that equalled him in firmness of ...
Page 70
... death - penalty to transportation for life to the con- vict settlement of Van Diemen's Land . After four years of exile , Meagher escaped , and landed in New York at the close of May , 1852. He became the immediate centre of attrac ...
... death - penalty to transportation for life to the con- vict settlement of Van Diemen's Land . After four years of exile , Meagher escaped , and landed in New York at the close of May , 1852. He became the immediate centre of attrac ...
Page 78
... death , in 1858 , and the other up to his forty - third year , when he vol- unteered against the Rebellion . I ought to add that they were also alike in their ancestry , since one came from Irish and the other from Scotch - Irish ...
... death , in 1858 , and the other up to his forty - third year , when he vol- unteered against the Rebellion . I ought to add that they were also alike in their ancestry , since one came from Irish and the other from Scotch - Irish ...
Page 79
... death ; the younger at Deerfield , an agricultural town in New Hampshire , on the 5th of November , 1818. I first saw the New York Butler at Baltimore , when he was speaking against the two - third rule in the Democratic National ...
... death ; the younger at Deerfield , an agricultural town in New Hampshire , on the 5th of November , 1818. I first saw the New York Butler at Baltimore , when he was speaking against the two - third rule in the Democratic National ...
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