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... friend and sheet anchor . " Findlay left his affairs in Sloo's hands while he was absent on public business connected with the preparation for the War of 1812 , and in fact the General and his wife seemed to have adopted him into their ...
... friend and sheet anchor . " Findlay left his affairs in Sloo's hands while he was absent on public business connected with the preparation for the War of 1812 , and in fact the General and his wife seemed to have adopted him into their ...
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... friendship with the cashier of that institu- tion , Gorham A. Worth , from whose letters we gain many of the facts of Sloo's history for the next ten years . The year 1819 , however , was marked by great financial disaster for nearly ...
... friendship with the cashier of that institu- tion , Gorham A. Worth , from whose letters we gain many of the facts of Sloo's history for the next ten years . The year 1819 , however , was marked by great financial disaster for nearly ...
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... friends in the party that usually opposed the latter . His friendship for Crawford won for him later the enmity of Ninian Edwards , Daniel P. Cook , and others who were recognized as active Calhoun men . Despite this his prospects for ...
... friends in the party that usually opposed the latter . His friendship for Crawford won for him later the enmity of Ninian Edwards , Daniel P. Cook , and others who were recognized as active Calhoun men . Despite this his prospects for ...
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... friend Worth , 2 now located in New York City : " It gives me much pleasure to learn that you have become an im- portant spoke in the legislative wheel of your State . Your stump speech must have been a good one . I always thought you ...
... friend Worth , 2 now located in New York City : " It gives me much pleasure to learn that you have become an im- portant spoke in the legislative wheel of your State . Your stump speech must have been a good one . I always thought you ...
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... friends , however , seem to indicate that he was opposed to the introduction of slavery into Illinois , and his son ... friendship for Governor Coles and with an invitation to visit him at his home in Hamilton County . During this same ...
... friends , however , seem to indicate that he was opposed to the introduction of slavery into Illinois , and his son ... friendship for Governor Coles and with an invitation to visit him at his home in Hamilton County . During this same ...
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