Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... matter of ten - hour legislation was already under consideration by another committee . The latter committee reported that it was inexpedient to enact a ten - hour law . A minority took a different view and presented a bill providing ...
... matter of ten - hour legislation was already under consideration by another committee . The latter committee reported that it was inexpedient to enact a ten - hour law . A minority took a different view and presented a bill providing ...
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... matter of supplies while he was at Fortress Monroe . Although some northerners had long disliked slavery , the Civil War did not begin as an antislavery crusade . In fact abolition- ism was detested to such an extent in 1861 that ...
... matter of supplies while he was at Fortress Monroe . Although some northerners had long disliked slavery , the Civil War did not begin as an antislavery crusade . In fact abolition- ism was detested to such an extent in 1861 that ...
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... matter in the hands of the Judiciary Committee . The Committee had not reported when , on March 23 , 1867 , James G. Blaine , Speaker of the House , proposed an adjourn- ment until the following November because he thought all of the ...
... matter in the hands of the Judiciary Committee . The Committee had not reported when , on March 23 , 1867 , James G. Blaine , Speaker of the House , proposed an adjourn- ment until the following November because he thought all of the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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