Statistics for occurrence #1 of “St. Paul” in chapter 35 of Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 1:
...to Secretary Davis, who at once consented to the change, and hence is the city of Dubuque indebted to that Secretary for the present superior ice harbor, the very best on the river, anywhere between St. Paul and New Orleans, that I know of.
The fortifications of Portland harbor perplexed him greatly, on account of the difficulty of finding a secure and permanent foundation for the forts.
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