Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 39
John Wien Forney. Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am reminded of one most stirring chapter in the volume of the past - the death of Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he ...
John Wien Forney. Writing of Bancroft as a Democrat , I am reminded of one most stirring chapter in the volume of the past - the death of Andrew Jackson , on the 8th of June , 1845 , and the homage paid to the iron chief by the party he ...
Page 49
... writer of these lines : Never to abandon the generous party that gave him the utmost measure of its confidence at a time so full of promise for him- self and so full of peril to the country . Francis W. Pickens , one of the fire ...
... writer of these lines : Never to abandon the generous party that gave him the utmost measure of its confidence at a time so full of promise for him- self and so full of peril to the country . Francis W. Pickens , one of the fire ...
Page 60
... writer and speaker , in- dependent in his circumstances and in his character , I am glad of the opportunity to pay this just tribute to his memory . He died of heart - disease , at Williamsport , Pennsylvania , September 27 , 1870 ...
... writer and speaker , in- dependent in his circumstances and in his character , I am glad of the opportunity to pay this just tribute to his memory . He died of heart - disease , at Williamsport , Pennsylvania , September 27 , 1870 ...
Page 62
... write what they think at pleasure , and even to run to extremes in support of their theories . It was in such a school , in the study of such characters , that Andrew G. Curtin grew to manhood . Inheriting his genial nature and his ...
... write what they think at pleasure , and even to run to extremes in support of their theories . It was in such a school , in the study of such characters , that Andrew G. Curtin grew to manhood . Inheriting his genial nature and his ...
Page 63
... writing this letter on a beautiful autumnal morning , in the city of Washington , after having read your telegraph de- spatch over and over , which has been confirmed by the Balti- more Sun , the Washington Constitution , and the ...
... writing this letter on a beautiful autumnal morning , in the city of Washington , after having read your telegraph de- spatch over and over , which has been confirmed by the Balti- more Sun , the Washington Constitution , and the ...
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