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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 31. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 13 13 Browse Search
Fitzhugh Lee, General Lee 10 10 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 10 10 Browse Search
John M. Schofield, Forty-six years in the Army 9 9 Browse Search
Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899 6 6 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 28. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 6 6 Browse Search
General James Longstreet, From Manassas to Appomattox 5 5 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 5 5 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 5 5 Browse Search
The Cambridge of eighteen hundred and ninety-six: a picture of the city and its industries fifty years after its incorporation (ed. Arthur Gilman) 5 3 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: March 6, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
than is known of any other American --Mr. Sumner, perhaps, excepted — the object of his life seems to have been to counteract the extension of slavery.-- In he had acquired such influence and character that he was elected a member of the Senate of the State of New York, then the highest judicial tribunal of the State, as well as legislative body. In 1834, at the close of his term of four years, he was nominated a candidate for the Governorship of the State of New York, in opposition to Mr. William L. the then Governor, and, later, the distinguished Secretary of State of the U. States. on this occasion Mr. Seward was defeated by a majority of nearly 10,000. In 1839, his party becoming bolder and stronger, he was triumphantly elected, in opposition to Mr. Mar the majority being greater than his previous minority. Without having passed through the lower stratum of the House of representatives, he was, in 1849, elected to the of the United States for six years.--He gave so much sat