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From Farm Boy to Senator; Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster, by Horatio Alger, Jr

From Farm Boy to Senator; Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster, by Horatio Alger, Jr

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Author
Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899
Title
From Farm Boy to Senator Being the History of the Boyhood and Manhood of Daniel Webster
Credits
Produced by David Edwards, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861)
Subject
Legislators -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 53382
Release Date
October 27, 2016
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.FROM FARM BOY TO SENATOR;
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.Untitled
  5. 5.CONTENTS.
  6. 6.PREFACE.
  7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE COTTON HANDKERCHIEF. — CHAPTER II. DANIEL AND HIS FATHER.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. A MEMORABLE BATTLE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. AN IMPORTANT STEP.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. DANIEL AT EXETER ACADEMY.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. PREPARING FOR COLLEGE.
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. DANIEL’S COLLEGE LIFE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. DANIEL RECEIVES SOME VALUABLE ADVICE
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. BROTHERLY LOVE.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE TWO BROTHERS.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. DANIEL AS AN ORATOR.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. STUDYING LAW.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. HOW DANIEL WENT TO FRYEBURG.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE PRECEPTOR OF FRYEBURG ACADEMY.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. A GREAT TEMPTATION.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. DANIEL REFUSES A CLERKSHIP.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. D. WEBSTER, ATTORNEY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. DANIEL OVERCOMES A BRAMBLE.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. “THE LITTLE BLACK STABLE-BOY.”
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. WHY DANIEL WAS SENT TO CONGRESS.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. MR. WEBSTER AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. JOHN RANDOLPH AND WILLIAM PINKNEY.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. MR. WEBSTER IN BOSTON.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. THE ORATION AT PLYMOUTH.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. THE BUNKER HILL ORATION.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. HOME LIFE AND DOMESTIC SORROWS.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. CALLED TO THE SENATE.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT BATTLE.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. THE REPLY TO HAYNE.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. THE SECRET OF WEBSTER’S POWER.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. HONORS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. CALLED TO THE CABINET.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. LIFE AT MARSHFIELD.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SEVENTH OF MARCH SPEECH.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. CLOSING SCENES.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. CENTENNIAL TRIBUTES. — Transcriber's Notes

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