Portrait of an American: Charles G. DawesFull-length, sympathetic biography of the American lawyer and banker. |
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Dawes was once more in disagreement with Bryan . Bryan opposed the Anglo - French loan . Dawes was the first banker in Chicago to back it . On September 16 he announced that the Central Trust Company would take a half - million - dollar ...
Dawes was once more in disagreement with Bryan . Bryan opposed the Anglo - French loan . Dawes was the first banker in Chicago to back it . On September 16 he announced that the Central Trust Company would take a half - million - dollar ...
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“ General Sherman , ” he wrote , “ with justifiable profanity once expressed his detestation of the tune ' Marching Through Georgia , to which he was compelled to listen whenever he appeared anywhere . I sympathize with his feeling when ...
“ General Sherman , ” he wrote , “ with justifiable profanity once expressed his detestation of the tune ' Marching Through Georgia , to which he was compelled to listen whenever he appeared anywhere . I sympathize with his feeling when ...
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reflected back over the day's stream of callers , some successful and some obviously unsuccessful men , he thought of what Young had once written : “ No man of real quality ever lost General Dawes ' affection or respect merely because ...
reflected back over the day's stream of callers , some successful and some obviously unsuccessful men , he thought of what Young had once written : “ No man of real quality ever lost General Dawes ' affection or respect merely because ...
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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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