Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... delegates to be chosen by secret ballot . In the election held that fall the people voted in favor of a convention and returned a small ma- jority of Whigs to the General Court . The Whigs ' victory went to their heads . When the ...
... delegates to be chosen by secret ballot . In the election held that fall the people voted in favor of a convention and returned a small ma- jority of Whigs to the General Court . The Whigs ' victory went to their heads . When the ...
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... delegates to the convention hinted broadly at their desire to make sure that no Roman Catholic school should ever get any public funds . One man from Boston frankly stated that such was the purpose of the sectarian school amendment . An ...
... delegates to the convention hinted broadly at their desire to make sure that no Roman Catholic school should ever get any public funds . One man from Boston frankly stated that such was the purpose of the sectarian school amendment . An ...
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... delegates bolted . They were quickly followed by all or most of the delegates from North Carolina , Tennessee , California , Delaware , Maryland , Kentucky , Missouri , and Massachusetts . Before the Massachusetts men left the hall ...
... delegates bolted . They were quickly followed by all or most of the delegates from North Carolina , Tennessee , California , Delaware , Maryland , Kentucky , Missouri , and Massachusetts . Before the Massachusetts men left the hall ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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