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Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 342 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=499gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of … Meer...

Internationaler Buchtitel. In englischer Sprache. Verlag: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 342 Seiten, L=152mm, B=229mm, H=19mm, Gew.=499gr, Kartoniert/Broschiert, Klappentext: Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER XX. THE TWENTY-S1XTH CONGRESS. March 23d, 1839.?I have determined to accept the invitation of the New York Historical Society, to deliver, if I possibly can, an address before them on the 3Oth of next month, the fiftieth anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington as first President of the United States. I have brought myself to this conclusion with extreme repugnance, and under a sense of obligation to that Society which I cannot repress. The subject is rugged with insurmountable difficulties. My reputation, my age, my decaying faculties, have all warned me to decline the task. Yet I cannot resist the pressing and repeated invitations of the Society. The day was a real epocha in our history; but to seize, and present in bold relief, all its peculiar characters, would require a younger hand and a brighter mind. 25th. Called on the Secretary of the Treasury at his office in the new Treasury building, with a letter from George L. Phillips, at St. Augustine, praying for the appointment of his son, John Lott Phillips, to be Surveyor of that port, an office which he supposed to be vacant. Mr. Woodbury told me that he had received also a letter from the same person, but he was mistaken; the office of the Surveyor of the port was not vacant, but that of a Supervisor, to which the appointment belonged to the Collector. I spoke to Mr. Woodbury also of the Smithsonian fund; told him what had been done with relation to it in Congress, and what had not been done; how the two messages of the President on the subject had been referred to a select committee of nine, of which I had been the Chairman; how Asher Robbins, a Senator from Rhode Island, being laid politically on the shelf by his constituents, had taken a fancy to this fund for the 108 comfort and suppor...<

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[ED: Softcover], [PU: Cambridge Scholars Publishing], The book may have numerous typos or missing text. It is not illustrated or indexed. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from the publisher's website. You can also preview the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a trial membership in the publisher's book club where they can select from more than a million books for free. Volume: 10 Original Publisher: J.B. LippincottVersandfertig in 6-10 Tagen, [SC: 0.00]<