A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... President Chester A. Arthur's first New Year's reception wrote : Brilliant as were the diamonds of Madame de Struve , the wife of the Russian minister , and effective as was the bronze golden silk dress , trimmed with gold beads , of ...
... President Chester A. Arthur's first New Year's reception wrote : Brilliant as were the diamonds of Madame de Struve , the wife of the Russian minister , and effective as was the bronze golden silk dress , trimmed with gold beads , of ...
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... President , for there is a time when boldness may not be rewarded , as was the case with the man who cried , " Nothing is impossible ! " only to be asked if he had ever tried to swallow an um- brella without closing it . After reading ...
... President , for there is a time when boldness may not be rewarded , as was the case with the man who cried , " Nothing is impossible ! " only to be asked if he had ever tried to swallow an um- brella without closing it . After reading ...
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... President ? Davis also quoted from another decision of a previous Attorney General arising from a land dispute : ... an act done by one President of the United States , vesting a right in a citizen , is not sub- ject to review and ...
... President ? Davis also quoted from another decision of a previous Attorney General arising from a land dispute : ... an act done by one President of the United States , vesting a right in a citizen , is not sub- ject to review and ...
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