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Page 49
... months apart . How bitter these Whigs and Democrats were ! How angry they got themselves , and how angry they made their re- spective friends ! And yet at the end of less than a generation we find Douglas and Baker , intense party foes ...
... months apart . How bitter these Whigs and Democrats were ! How angry they got themselves , and how angry they made their re- spective friends ! And yet at the end of less than a generation we find Douglas and Baker , intense party foes ...
Page 66
... month of the year . We took it leisurely , had a fine pair of horses and a comfortable carriage , and enjoyed the scenery , the weather , and the conversation of the people , with whom Gen- eral Cameron was , even at that early day , on ...
... month of the year . We took it leisurely , had a fine pair of horses and a comfortable carriage , and enjoyed the scenery , the weather , and the conversation of the people , with whom Gen- eral Cameron was , even at that early day , on ...
Page 75
... months . I began these assemblies shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion , for the purpose of creating and cementing a patriotic public opinion . My guests were always numerous enough to fill every room in the house , including the ...
... months . I began these assemblies shortly after the outbreak of the rebellion , for the purpose of creating and cementing a patriotic public opinion . My guests were always numerous enough to fill every room in the house , including the ...
Page 94
... months in the war when slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia . His old associates , believing they could swerve him from his fidelity to his country , conceived that emancipation would great- ly disappoint him , and one of ...
... months in the war when slavery was abolished in the District of Columbia . His old associates , believing they could swerve him from his fidelity to his country , conceived that emancipation would great- ly disappoint him , and one of ...
Page 100
... months ; then he lived a short time with his brother , James D. Scott , also a merchant , at Bridgeport , in the same county ; then with Metcalf & Ritchie , merchants in Mercersburg . In all these situations he exhibited the same energy ...
... months ; then he lived a short time with his brother , James D. Scott , also a merchant , at Bridgeport , in the same county ; then with Metcalf & Ritchie , merchants in Mercersburg . In all these situations he exhibited the same energy ...
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