Oration Pronounced by the Honorable Robert C. Winthrop, Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, on the Fourth of July, 1848: On the Occasion of Laying the Corner-stone of the National Monument to the Memory of WashingtonJ. & G.S. Gideon, printers, 1848 - 67 páginas |
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... duty which they performed to the satisfaction of the Com- mittee . The casing or lining of the cavity , made of zinc , was prepared without charge , by Mr. Clement Woodward , and the stone set , and other masonry executed by several ...
... duty which they performed to the satisfaction of the Com- mittee . The casing or lining of the cavity , made of zinc , was prepared without charge , by Mr. Clement Woodward , and the stone set , and other masonry executed by several ...
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... duty of collecting the articles to be deposited in the corner - stone when laid . * Among these were two beautiful Daguerreotype likenesses of General Washington and Mrs. Martha Wash- ington , by Mr. I. S. Grubb , of Alexandria , the ...
... duty of collecting the articles to be deposited in the corner - stone when laid . * Among these were two beautiful Daguerreotype likenesses of General Washington and Mrs. Martha Wash- ington , by Mr. I. S. Grubb , of Alexandria , the ...
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... duty in this respect . The massive and majestic figure which presides over the precincts of the Capitol , and which seems almost in the act of challenging a new vow of allegiance to the Constitution and the Union from ORATION. ...
... duty in this respect . The massive and majestic figure which presides over the precincts of the Capitol , and which seems almost in the act of challenging a new vow of allegiance to the Constitution and the Union from ORATION. ...
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... duties which would have formed an ample apology for declining any other service , to say a few words on this occasion . Coming here in no official capacity , I yet feel that I bring with me the sanc- tion not merely of the ...
... duties which would have formed an ample apology for declining any other service , to say a few words on this occasion . Coming here in no official capacity , I yet feel that I bring with me the sanc- tion not merely of the ...
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... duty , his utter abandonment of self , his unreserved devotion to whatever interests were committed to his care , attest the more than Vestal vigilance with which he observed that maxim . He kept alive that spark . He made it shine ...
... duty , his utter abandonment of self , his unreserved devotion to whatever interests were committed to his care , attest the more than Vestal vigilance with which he observed that maxim . He kept alive that spark . He made it shine ...
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