Early Indiana Trials and Sketches: ReminiscencesMoore, Wilstach, Keys & Company, printers, 1858 - 640 pages |
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... government land , intending to purchase at the sales . The land - office was at Cincinnati , and General James Find- lay was the Receiver . The spring of the year , after a severe winter , had come ; the sales were to take place the ...
... government land , intending to purchase at the sales . The land - office was at Cincinnati , and General James Find- lay was the Receiver . The spring of the year , after a severe winter , had come ; the sales were to take place the ...
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... government was not sleeping . Col. Johnston , the Indian agent , was directed to attend the trials to see that the witnesses were present and to pay their fees . Gen. James Noble , then a United States Sen- ator , was employed by the ...
... government was not sleeping . Col. Johnston , the Indian agent , was directed to attend the trials to see that the witnesses were present and to pay their fees . Gen. James Noble , then a United States Sen- ator , was employed by the ...
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... government . My way led by Madison , then a small village . Late in the evening of the third day from home , I rode ... government from Corydon to Indian- apolis . This latter act was warmly contested , debated weeks and finally passed ...
... government . My way led by Madison , then a small village . Late in the evening of the third day from home , I rode ... government from Corydon to Indian- apolis . This latter act was warmly contested , debated weeks and finally passed ...
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... government was removed years sooner than it would otherwise have been . We had little important business before us ; Gov. Hendricks was inaugurated , and Judge Parke elected to revise the laws . AN ELECTIONEERING OPERATION . AN incident ...
... government was removed years sooner than it would otherwise have been . We had little important business before us ; Gov. Hendricks was inaugurated , and Judge Parke elected to revise the laws . AN ELECTIONEERING OPERATION . AN incident ...
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... Government upon South Carolina , and Mr. Calhoun , as their leader , at the commission of the first overt act . James K. Polk told me that he was the first person , one rainy morning , that entered the audience - room of Gen. Jackson ...
... Government upon South Carolina , and Mr. Calhoun , as their leader , at the commission of the first overt act . James K. Polk told me that he was the first person , one rainy morning , that entered the audience - room of Gen. Jackson ...
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