Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2

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Author

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

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Produced by Ed Ferris

Language

English

LoC Class

E660: History: America: Late nineteenth century (1865-1900)

Subject

United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1900

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eBook-No.

19548

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https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19548

Release Date

October 15, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.CHAPTER II ROGER SHERMAN AND HIS FAMILY — CHAPTER III SAMUEL HOAR — CHAPTER IV BOYHOOD IN CONCORD — CHAPTER V FAMOUS CONCORD MEN — CHAPTER VI FARM AND SCHOOL — CHAPTER VII HARVARD SIXTY YEARS AGO — CHAPTER VIII 1846 TO 1850. FOUNDATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. DANIEL WEBSTER. — CHAPTER IX LIFE IN WORCESTER — CHAPTER X POLITICAL HISTORY OF MASSACHUSETTS FROM 1848 TO 1869 — CHAPTER XI THE KNOW NOTHING PARTY AND ITS OVERTHROW — CHAPTER XII ELECTION TO CONGRESS — CHAPTER XIII SUMNER AND WILSON — CHAPTER XIV PERSONALITIES IN DEBATE — CHAPTER XV THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN 1869 — CHAPTER XVI POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN 1869 — CHAPTER XVII RECONSTRUCTION — CHAPTER XVIII COMMITTEE SERVICE IN THE HOUSE — CHAPTER XIX SALMON P. CHASE — CHAPTER XX ADIN THAYER — CHAPTER XXI POLITICAL CORRUPTION — CHAPTER XXII CREDIT MOBILIER — CHAPTER XXIII THE SANBORN CONTRACTS — CHAPTER XXIV BENJAMIN F. BUTLER — CHAPTER XXV BELKNAP IMPEACHMENT — CHAPTER XXVI ELECTORAL COMMISSION — CHAPTER XXVII FOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1876 — CHAPTER XXVIII FOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1880 — CHAPTER XXIX FOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1884 — CHAPTER XXX FOUR NATIONAL CONVENTIONS 1888 — CHAPTER XXXI SATURDAY CLUB — CHAPTER XXXII THE WORCESTER FIRE SOCIETY — APPENDIX I — APPENDIX II — CHAPTER II PRESIDENT HAYES — CHAPTER III CABINET OF PRESIDENT HAYES — CHAPTER IV ATTEMPT TO REOPEN THE QUESTION OF THE TITLE TO THE PRESIDENCY — CHAPTER V THE SENATE IN 1877 — CHAPTER VI LEADERS OF THE SENATE IN 1877 — CHAPTER VII COMMITTEE SERVICE IN THE SENATE — CHAPTER VIII THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL — CHAPTER IX CHINESE TREATY AND LEGISLATION — CHAPTER X THE WASHINGTON TREATY AND THE GENEVA AWARD — CHAPTER XI THE PRESIDENT'S POWER OF REMOVAL — CHAPTER XII FISHERIES — CHAPTER XIII THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL — CHAPTER XIV CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND THE PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION BILL — CHAPTER XV PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S JUDGES — CHAPTER XVI SOME SOUTHERN SENATORS — CHAPTER XVII CUSHMAN KELLOGG DAVIS — CHAPTER XVIII GEORGE BANCROFT — CHAPTER XIX VISITS TO ENGLAND [1860, 1868, 1871] — CHAPTER XX VISITS TO ENGLAND 1892 — CHAPTER XXI VISITS TO ENGLAND 1896 — CHAPTER XXII SILVER AND BIMETALLISM — CHAPTER XXIII VISITS TO ENGLAND 1899 — CHAPTER XXIV A REPUBLICAN PLATFORM — CHAPTER XXV OFFICIAL SALARIES — CHAPTER XXVI PROPRIETY IN DEBATE — CHAPTER XXVII THE FISH-BALL LETTER — CHAPTER XXVIII THE BIRD PETITION — CHAPTER XXIX THE A. P. A. CONTROVERSY — CHAPTER XXX THE ENGLISH MISSION — CHAPTER XXXI PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AND THE SYRIAN CHILDREN — CHAPTER XXXII NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY — CHAPTER XXXIII THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS — CHAPTER XXXIV APPOINTMENTS TO OFFICE — CHAPTER XXXV ORATORY AND SOME ORATORS I HAVE HEARD — CHAPTER XXXVI TRUSTS — CHAPTER XXXVII RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WORCESTER BAR — CHAPTER XXXVIII SOME JUDGES I HAVE KNOWN — CHAPTER XXXIX POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS FAITH — CHAPTER XL EDWARD EVERETT HALE — APPENDIX THE FOREST OF DEAN BY JOHN BELLOWS

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