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Quay had indicated that he and Platt would like to talk to Hanna . Hanna went East , saw the bosses , and reported to McKinley the conditions under which he would be able to secure Eastern machine support . The terms were plain : Tom ...
Quay had indicated that he and Platt would like to talk to Hanna . Hanna went East , saw the bosses , and reported to McKinley the conditions under which he would be able to secure Eastern machine support . The terms were plain : Tom ...
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I introduced them to the McKinleys and had a long talk with them . Bryan did not express any disappointment . I had a talk with Mrs. Bryan . She spoke very sensibly and pleasantly about ' old times and her husband .
I introduced them to the McKinleys and had a long talk with them . Bryan did not express any disappointment . I had a talk with Mrs. Bryan . She spoke very sensibly and pleasantly about ' old times and her husband .
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Two days later Dawes had his first talk with one of the great figures of the century , Winston Churchill : “ I had never met him before , ” Dawes wrote . “ We talked over his coming trip to America , and he outlined what was in his mind ...
Two days later Dawes had his first talk with one of the great figures of the century , Winston Churchill : “ I had never met him before , ” Dawes wrote . “ We talked over his coming trip to America , and he outlined what was in his mind ...
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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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