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Page 75
... known on Capitol Hill as " The Mills House , " and occupied them , with brief intervals , until March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and occasionally taking posses- sion of the whole house , which was very large ...
... known on Capitol Hill as " The Mills House , " and occupied them , with brief intervals , until March of 1871 - sometimes in- cluding the two upper parlors , and occasionally taking posses- sion of the whole house , which was very large ...
Page 77
... known as the Waverley . These lines are so beautiful and so unique that I print them for the benefit of the readers of these hasty sketches . To add to their present value , it may be interesting to say that the verses subjoined are ...
... known as the Waverley . These lines are so beautiful and so unique that I print them for the benefit of the readers of these hasty sketches . To add to their present value , it may be interesting to say that the verses subjoined are ...
Page 84
... known as the " Arkansas Traveler . " This would have been a monotonous recitation if it had not been relieved by a violin accompani- ment , which made it irresistibly comic . It was no doubt bor- rowed from the extreme South , whence it ...
... known as the " Arkansas Traveler . " This would have been a monotonous recitation if it had not been relieved by a violin accompani- ment , which made it irresistibly comic . It was no doubt bor- rowed from the extreme South , whence it ...
Page 94
... known Brig- adier - General William Nelson , subsequently killed by General Jefferson C. Davis in a personal rencontre at the Galt House , in Louisville , on the 29th of September , 1862. Nelson remark- ed , after the letter to Jackson ...
... known Brig- adier - General William Nelson , subsequently killed by General Jefferson C. Davis in a personal rencontre at the Galt House , in Louisville , on the 29th of September , 1862. Nelson remark- ed , after the letter to Jackson ...
Page 96
... known merchant , Daniel Smith , presents a record rarely paralleled . The mother died in 1799 , leaving seven children , five of whom are now liv- ing . The oldest brother , James S. , died in 1861 , in his eighty- first year . Francis ...
... known merchant , Daniel Smith , presents a record rarely paralleled . The mother died in 1799 , leaving seven children , five of whom are now liv- ing . The oldest brother , James S. , died in 1861 , in his eighty- first year . Francis ...
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