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... Philadelphia , and open to it a commerce with Europe infinitely greater than any ever dreamed of in our wildest aspirations . The Pennsylvania Central , like the Mississippi River , is fed by many branches , which it feeds in turn , and ...
... Philadelphia , and open to it a commerce with Europe infinitely greater than any ever dreamed of in our wildest aspirations . The Pennsylvania Central , like the Mississippi River , is fed by many branches , which it feeds in turn , and ...
Page 24
... Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him intimately from boy- hood . We were nearly the same age , and had supported ...
... Philadelphia , after his triumph and that of Mr. Bu- chanan , to whose Presidential aspirations he had given such effective aid , I felt as if I had known him intimately from boy- hood . We were nearly the same age , and had supported ...
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... Philadelphia as a lecturer and Whig speaker . He was as much the idol of his 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 ...
... Philadelphia as a lecturer and Whig speaker . He was as much the idol of his 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 ...
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... Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her pos- session , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia ...
... Philadelphia , has some of his MSS . in her pos- session , and will , I hope , soon present a memoir of her gifted husband . Conrad was more fortunate . He printed much that he spoke and wrote . He was the editor of the Philadelphia ...
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... Philadelphia , " this boy of genius , this handsome , whole - hearted man , this statesman in the Senate and hero in the field , had no idea , at that early day , when he fought Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in ...
... Philadelphia , " this boy of genius , this handsome , whole - hearted man , this statesman in the Senate and hero in the field , had no idea , at that early day , when he fought Douglas in the House , that they two would harmonize in ...
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