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Page 34
... took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong views . It would have been far easier for him to have followed his intimate friends Breckinridge , Hawkins , and Preston into the Confederate service , and it was a hard struggle ...
... took the right side in a commu- nity tainted with wrong views . It would have been far easier for him to have followed his intimate friends Breckinridge , Hawkins , and Preston into the Confederate service , and it was a hard struggle ...
Page 36
... took a carriage , and , expecting a speech , rode to your lodgings , and we were well rewarded even for the cold we endured among the outside audience . " It was a pleasant and a curious reminiscence , and as such I record it in these ...
... took a carriage , and , expecting a speech , rode to your lodgings , and we were well rewarded even for the cold we endured among the outside audience . " It was a pleasant and a curious reminiscence , and as such I record it in these ...
Page 39
... took the oath , Johnson was under a state of great excitement , and was in my immediate charge . I was confident , however , that he would be subdued before the President finished his inaugural . To the surprise of every body however ...
... took the oath , Johnson was under a state of great excitement , and was in my immediate charge . I was confident , however , that he would be subdued before the President finished his inaugural . To the surprise of every body however ...
Page 40
... took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania , and traversed Chester County with John Hickman , pledging the ...
... took early and patriotic ground against the extremists . He was so anxious to make Mr. Buchanan President , that in 1856 , on my invitation , he came into Pennsylvania , and traversed Chester County with John Hickman , pledging the ...
Page 42
... took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new - was that between Breckinridge and Colonel E. D. Baker , of Oregon , on the 1st of August , 1861 , five days before the adjournment sine die , in the darkest period of the war , when the ...
... took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new - was that between Breckinridge and Colonel E. D. Baker , of Oregon , on the 1st of August , 1861 , five days before the adjournment sine die , in the darkest period of the war , when the ...
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