Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher StoweAn absorbingly interesting portrait of a personality and an age. |
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Page 176
... North Bend , his imposing mansion on a river bluff sixteen miles down from Cincinnati . The hero of Tippecanoe had been territorial governor , member of Congress , and United States Senator , but perhaps preferred the obscure Clerkship ...
... North Bend , his imposing mansion on a river bluff sixteen miles down from Cincinnati . The hero of Tippecanoe had been territorial governor , member of Congress , and United States Senator , but perhaps preferred the obscure Clerkship ...
Page 460
... North could see the slightest reason for the South to break up the Union . " The grounds are so flimsy that few of us can believe they are put forth in earnest . " And it was true - there was no issue , or no immediate , critical issue ...
... North could see the slightest reason for the South to break up the Union . " The grounds are so flimsy that few of us can believe they are put forth in earnest . " And it was true - there was no issue , or no immediate , critical issue ...
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... North laughed with relief when the South Carolina delegation appeared as usual at the opening of Congress in December . There were gibes that the Southern fire - eaters did not follow their principles to the extent of forfeiting their ...
... North laughed with relief when the South Carolina delegation appeared as usual at the opening of Congress in December . There were gibes that the Southern fire - eaters did not follow their principles to the extent of forfeiting their ...
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