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THOMAS HART BENTON, 1782-1858.

The Duel between Randolph and Clay, 1826.

JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN, 1782-1850.
War and Peace..

System of Our Government

Defence of Nullification.

The Wise Choice..

Official Patronage.

NATHANIEL BEVERLEY TUCKER, 1784-1851

The Partisan Leader.

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RICHARD HENRY WILDE, 1789-1847 .

My Life is Like the Summer Rose.

DAVID CROCKETT, 1786-1836..

Spelling and Grammar: Prologue to his Autobiography
On a Bear-Hunt.

Motto: Be sure you are right..

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AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET, 1790-1870

Ned Brace at Church.

A Sage Conversation.

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CHARLES ÉTIENNE Arthur GayARRÉ, 1805-1895.

Louisiana in 1750-1770..

The Tree of the Dead.

MATTHEW FONTAINE MAURY, 1806-1873.

The Gulf Stream .

Deep-Sea Soundings..

Heroic Death of Lieutenant Herndon

WILLIAM GILMORE SIMMS, 1806-1870.
Sonnet-The Poet's Vision.
The Doom of Occonestoga.
Marion, the "Swamp-Fox"

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ROBERT EDWARD LEE, 1807-1870.
Duty-To His Son .

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JEFFERSON DAVIS, 1808-1889

Trip to Kentucky at Seven Years of Age, and Visit to Gen-

eral Jackson..

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