The Life of William H. Seward with Selections from His WorksGeorge E. Baker Redfield, 1855 - 410 pages |
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... Canals . - The Enlargement Question . - Re- port of S. B. Ruggles . - Mr . Flagg's Policy . - The State Debt.- Financial Crisis . - Erroneous Estimates by the Canal Commissioners discovered . — A General Panic . - Suspension of the ...
... Canals . - The Enlargement Question . - Re- port of S. B. Ruggles . - Mr . Flagg's Policy . - The State Debt.- Financial Crisis . - Erroneous Estimates by the Canal Commissioners discovered . — A General Panic . - Suspension of the ...
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... CANALS - BANKS- MILITIA - - UNITED STATES BANK - PRISONS- CORPORATIONS . MR . SEWARD took his seat in the state senate , in January , 1831. This was his first election to civil office . He had always regarded the career of a statesman ...
... CANALS - BANKS- MILITIA - - UNITED STATES BANK - PRISONS- CORPORATIONS . MR . SEWARD took his seat in the state senate , in January , 1831. This was his first election to civil office . He had always regarded the career of a statesman ...
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... canal received his efficient support . He opposed the transfer of the salt duties from the canal fund to the general fund , but voted for their reduction . He sustained the bill for making the stockholders in com- mercial companies ...
... canal received his efficient support . He opposed the transfer of the salt duties from the canal fund to the general fund , but voted for their reduction . He sustained the bill for making the stockholders in com- mercial companies ...
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... canals , railroads , and similar purposes . His efforts were not supported , and for a time proved unavail- ing . But the good seed has since ripened . The present system of opening every branch of business to voluntary association ...
... canals , railroads , and similar purposes . His efforts were not supported , and for a time proved unavail- ing . But the good seed has since ripened . The present system of opening every branch of business to voluntary association ...
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... canal , for the public benefit . His vote being misrepresented in the elec- tion of 1834 , he corrected the error in a letter to a commit- tee , * declaring himself unreservedly in favor of that great work . As he had predicted , the ...
... canal , for the public benefit . His vote being misrepresented in the elec- tion of 1834 , he corrected the error in a letter to a commit- tee , * declaring himself unreservedly in favor of that great work . As he had predicted , the ...
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