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Page 64
... sent by President Jackson in 1832 , and im- mediately following his election to the Senate of the United States by the Legislature of Pennsylvania , to fill the unexpired term of William Wilkins , resigned , who , in his turn , was sent ...
... sent by President Jackson in 1832 , and im- mediately following his election to the Senate of the United States by the Legislature of Pennsylvania , to fill the unexpired term of William Wilkins , resigned , who , in his turn , was sent ...
Page 94
... sent the missive forward to her husband . He received it in the company of friends , laughed heartily at it , and referred to the Confederate who had written it as a capital good fel- low , but as one who had wholly misunderstood his ...
... sent the missive forward to her husband . He received it in the company of friends , laughed heartily at it , and referred to the Confederate who had written it as a capital good fel- low , but as one who had wholly misunderstood his ...
Page 113
... sent to the Legislature , and for two years to Congress . I was Clerk while he was a member , and found him full of good im- pulses . He was a satirist by nature . Nothing provoked him so much as a snob . He spared no pretender . He was ...
... sent to the Legislature , and for two years to Congress . I was Clerk while he was a member , and found him full of good im- pulses . He was a satirist by nature . Nothing provoked him so much as a snob . He spared no pretender . He was ...
Page 119
... Sent there by an Administra- tion which betrayed the solemn pledge upon which alone it was elected , he was believed by the pro - slavery men to be in hearty sympathy with their plans ; but sustained by his independent secretary , Hon ...
... Sent there by an Administra- tion which betrayed the solemn pledge upon which alone it was elected , he was believed by the pro - slavery men to be in hearty sympathy with their plans ; but sustained by his independent secretary , Hon ...
Page 120
... sent me from the town of York , Pennsylva- nia , while on his way to Washington to protest against the con- spiracy to which Mr. Buchanan had surrendered , I felt that our battle was won . Walker's repudiation of the frauds in Kansas ...
... sent me from the town of York , Pennsylva- nia , while on his way to Washington to protest against the con- spiracy to which Mr. Buchanan had surrendered , I felt that our battle was won . Walker's repudiation of the frauds in Kansas ...
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