Stormy Petrel: The Life and Times of General Benjamin F. Butler, 1818-1893Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1969 - 335 pages |
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... reasons . As a young man , he explained , he " became socially intimate with a very able and very accom- plished physician of ... reason . His own words , spoken on this occasion , are supposed to have converted him into a ten - hour law ...
... reasons . As a young man , he explained , he " became socially intimate with a very able and very accom- plished physician of ... reason . His own words , spoken on this occasion , are supposed to have converted him into a ten - hour law ...
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... reason for Hoar or anyone else to have been surprised about Butler's conduct . He had always stood on the side of law and order . Even his Lowell City Hall speech of 1 Butler to William Schouler , July 10 , 1871 , as quoted in Jessie ...
... reason for Hoar or anyone else to have been surprised about Butler's conduct . He had always stood on the side of law and order . Even his Lowell City Hall speech of 1 Butler to William Schouler , July 10 , 1871 , as quoted in Jessie ...
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... reasons , and partly its real ones , for opposing Cleveland were a doubt that he would be a strong candidate in the ... reason for Tam- many's hostility toward Cleveland was a well - grounded fear that in the event of his election the ...
... reasons , and partly its real ones , for opposing Cleveland were a doubt that he would be a strong candidate in the ... reason for Tam- many's hostility toward Cleveland was a well - grounded fear that in the event of his election the ...
Contents
Meet General Butler | 13 |
As the Twig is Bent | 20 |
A Practical Politician | 37 |
Copyright | |
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