Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Charles G. Dawes Bascom Nolly Timmons. a perfect ease with men in Parkersburg , West Virginia , over our telephone . Now I am able to reach more distant places . The Dawes family was closely knit , not only in the ex - Union officer's ...
Charles G. Dawes Bascom Nolly Timmons. a perfect ease with men in Parkersburg , West Virginia , over our telephone . Now I am able to reach more distant places . The Dawes family was closely knit , not only in the ex - Union officer's ...
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They evoke an echo of the words with which Rufus Dawes had bid farewell to his son Charles back in 1887 : " Charles , I think you are possessed of a sufficient sense of values not to confuse the false shadow of fame or the acquirement ...
They evoke an echo of the words with which Rufus Dawes had bid farewell to his son Charles back in 1887 : " Charles , I think you are possessed of a sufficient sense of values not to confuse the false shadow of fame or the acquirement ...
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