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Charles G. Dawes Bascom Nolly Timmons ... Mrs. Dawes was a good manager , or we could not have got through on that ; but I found , at the end of the first year , I had ... “ Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Dawes walked ahead of us , ” Dawes wrote .
Charles G. Dawes Bascom Nolly Timmons ... Mrs. Dawes was a good manager , or we could not have got through on that ; but I found , at the end of the first year , I had ... “ Mrs. Bryan and Mrs. Dawes walked ahead of us , ” Dawes wrote .
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... talk to him , " said Dawes . “ You fix Cowans , and I'll let you write the British letter of acceptance of the plan , ” Lloyd George replied . ... Cowans was busy writing when I was admitted to his office , " Dawes later recorded .
... talk to him , " said Dawes . “ You fix Cowans , and I'll let you write the British letter of acceptance of the plan , ” Lloyd George replied . ... Cowans was busy writing when I was admitted to his office , " Dawes later recorded .
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But although Dawes discharged his many social obligations as Ambassador with skill and grace , his heart was not in this kind of ... < " Any public assignment , ” Dawes wrote into his diary , “ except a difficult one is unattractive .
But although Dawes discharged his many social obligations as Ambassador with skill and grace , his heart was not in this kind of ... < " Any public assignment , ” Dawes wrote into his diary , “ except a difficult one is unattractive .
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| Title | Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes Portrait of an American: Charles G. Dawes, Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Author | Bascom Nolly Timmons |
| Publisher | Holt, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 5 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 344 pages |
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