Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 1Harper, 1873 - Statesmen |
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... party at the time I lived in Washington during the administration of General Pierce , which requires no diary to keep fresh in my heart . It took place at my residence , and in the house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street ...
... party at the time I lived in Washington during the administration of General Pierce , which requires no diary to keep fresh in my heart . It took place at my residence , and in the house now known as the Waverley , on Eighth Street ...
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... party in regard to Kansas , and I made no concealment of my doubts . The angry protests of the North against that contem- plated villainy were being heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right and left ...
... party in regard to Kansas , and I made no concealment of my doubts . The angry protests of the North against that contem- plated villainy were being heard in the elections . The De- mocracy had just been unhorsed , right and left ...
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... party . I understood how he managed men in New York and Califor- nia as I watched his intercourse with Senators and Representa- tives in that trying crisis . Some he would persuade , others he would denounce . He seemed to know the ...
... party . I understood how he managed men in New York and Califor- nia as I watched his intercourse with Senators and Representa- tives in that trying crisis . Some he would persuade , others he would denounce . He seemed to know the ...
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... party to pieces in most of the Northern States , ob- literated the pro - slavery majority in the House , and had given prospective and substantial freedom to Kansas . Our little pha- lanx had made a breach in the columns of the ...
... party to pieces in most of the Northern States , ob- literated the pro - slavery majority in the House , and had given prospective and substantial freedom to Kansas . Our little pha- lanx had made a breach in the columns of the ...
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... party as Barton was of ours . They seemed to " take to " each other from the first , and when Barton moved to Philadelphia and was associ- ated with Conrad in the local judiciary , they became almost constant companions . They were born ...
... party as Barton was of ours . They seemed to " take to " each other from the first , and when Barton moved to Philadelphia and was associ- ated with Conrad in the local judiciary , they became almost constant companions . They were born ...
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