Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 67
... returned to Harrisburg , and appealed to the Legislature . A bill was matured and presented in the House by Hon . Gideon J. Ball , of Erie . It startled the coun- try by appropriating five hundred thousand dollars , and pro- viding for ...
... returned to Harrisburg , and appealed to the Legislature . A bill was matured and presented in the House by Hon . Gideon J. Ball , of Erie . It startled the coun- try by appropriating five hundred thousand dollars , and pro- viding for ...
Page 94
... returning the call of the impetuous but warm - hearted sailor , and by smoking the cigar of peace over the unfortunate epistle . A few days ago , I found a batch of old letters from public men , most of them dead ; and , after reading ...
... returning the call of the impetuous but warm - hearted sailor , and by smoking the cigar of peace over the unfortunate epistle . A few days ago , I found a batch of old letters from public men , most of them dead ; and , after reading ...
Page 97
... returned to my garret and my crust , and my desperate battle with pecuniary obligations heaped upon me by bad partners in business and the disastrous events of 1837. I believe that it did not then occur to me that some one of these ...
... returned to my garret and my crust , and my desperate battle with pecuniary obligations heaped upon me by bad partners in business and the disastrous events of 1837. I believe that it did not then occur to me that some one of these ...
Page 101
... returned , wheeled about at the last moment , and went in for Marshall , The Tribune alone clinging to Wheeler till the last . I rejoice that they who turned so sudden- ly were not able to turn all their readers . " Governor Seward , I ...
... returned , wheeled about at the last moment , and went in for Marshall , The Tribune alone clinging to Wheeler till the last . I rejoice that they who turned so sudden- ly were not able to turn all their readers . " Governor Seward , I ...
Page 106
... returned from Boston . He said , " You would be surprised to see the change in her by her inter- course with the intelligent people of that tolerant and refined city . She has ceased talking about the Lost Cause , and comes back much ...
... returned from Boston . He said , " You would be surprised to see the change in her by her inter- course with the intelligent people of that tolerant and refined city . She has ceased talking about the Lost Cause , and comes back much ...
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