Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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... as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
... as we see it in the light of passing events . There are many yet living in Philadelphia who remember the great meeting in Independence Square in 1848 , when Louis Philippe , " the Citizen King , " was driven RICHARD RUSH . 23.
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... living , about fifty - five ; Thomson , forty - four ; Stockton , fifty . I was not quite twenty - seven , and I felt myself a minnow among the tritons . The smallest man , physically , was Robert J. Walker ; the largest , James ...
... living , about fifty - five ; Thomson , forty - four ; Stockton , fifty . I was not quite twenty - seven , and I felt myself a minnow among the tritons . The smallest man , physically , was Robert J. Walker ; the largest , James ...
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... , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit , I shall speak of him in my next . V. GEORGE BANCROFT , THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN . Two photographs 34 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
... , now living alternately at Newport and Wash- ington ; and as I have already reached my limit , I shall speak of him in my next . V. GEORGE BANCROFT , THE AMERICAN HISTORIAN . Two photographs 34 ANECDOTES OF PUBLIC MEN .
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... living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French Exposition , invited me to dine with him ; and there , together with Bancroft , I met John P. Kennedy , of Maryland ; A. T. Stewart , of New ...
... living in splendor at the French capital as one of the American Com- missioners at the French Exposition , invited me to dine with him ; and there , together with Bancroft , I met John P. Kennedy , of Maryland ; A. T. Stewart , of New ...
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... living at Richmond , in the sixty - seventh year of his age . Thomas Holliday Hicks , Governor of Maryland up to Janu- ary , 1862 , will be gratefully recollected for his stand against the dissatisfied politicians of that State ...
... living at Richmond , in the sixty - seventh year of his age . Thomas Holliday Hicks , Governor of Maryland up to Janu- ary , 1862 , will be gratefully recollected for his stand against the dissatisfied politicians of that State ...
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