Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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Page 53
... front of the platform , calmed the crowd , and said that he and the building's architect , who happened to be present , would examine the structure and report their findings . They discovered that the building was almost ready to ...
... front of the platform , calmed the crowd , and said that he and the building's architect , who happened to be present , would examine the structure and report their findings . They discovered that the building was almost ready to ...
Page 155
... front of the mint in imi- tation of the grim Spanish custom of having an execution occur as near as possible to the place where the crime was committed . The South proclaimed Mumford a martyr and called his exe- cution an atrocity . The ...
... front of the mint in imi- tation of the grim Spanish custom of having an execution occur as near as possible to the place where the crime was committed . The South proclaimed Mumford a martyr and called his exe- cution an atrocity . The ...
Page 269
... front against him . However , with about half of the State Committee friendly to Butler and with President Grant's Administration actively supporting him the conservatives had to operate outside of the regular organization . In these ...
... front against him . However , with about half of the State Committee friendly to Butler and with President Grant's Administration actively supporting him the conservatives had to operate outside of the regular organization . In these ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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