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Sara Agnes Rice Pryor

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Description:Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TWO days after Mr. Buchanan's inauguration, the nominations for the Cabinet were sent to the Senate. The venerable Lewis Cass, with many years of honorable service behind him, was Secretary of State, ? selected, the Old-Line Whigs said, because the President meant really to be Secretary of State himself, and he wished an amiable first assistant. Moreover, he liked to say old Lewis Cass, as though he were himself so much younger. Hon. Howell Cobb of Georgia had the Treasury Department. He was a man of political ability, frank and genial, sagacious and conservative, qualities fitting him well to dominate his associates. Mr. Floyd, who belonged to the first families of Virginia, was the Secretary of War. Mr. Toucey of Connecticut was Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Brown of Tennessee, Postmaster- General, and Judge Jeremiah Black, Attorney- General, ? three from the North, four from the South. The new Cabinet, people said, was far inferior in capacity to the retiring one. The new President was a bachelor. Despite his years and his cold, reserved manner, his fidelity toA New President and a Gay Capital 39 the memory of beautiful Miss Coleman, to whom he had been affianced in his youth, invested him with the interest which attaches to romance. This was enhanced by his devotion to his niece, Miss Harriet Lane. In her affection he found the only solace of his lonely life. For her sake he condescended to unbend in public; and to brighten the atmosphere around her, he sometimes became quite a jaunty old bachelor. She was his confidante in all matters political and personal. A stately etiquette ruled between the two. She was always addressed as Miss Harriet, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reminiscences of Peace and War: Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition): Civil War Memories Series. To get started finding Reminiscences of Peace and War: Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition): Civil War Memories Series, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN TWO days after Mr. Buchanan's inauguration, the nominations for the Cabinet were sent to the Senate. The venerable Lewis Cass, with many years of honorable service behind him, was Secretary of State, ? selected, the Old-Line Whigs said, because the President meant really to be Secretary of State himself, and he wished an amiable first assistant. Moreover, he liked to say old Lewis Cass, as though he were himself so much younger. Hon. Howell Cobb of Georgia had the Treasury Department. He was a man of political ability, frank and genial, sagacious and conservative, qualities fitting him well to dominate his associates. Mr. Floyd, who belonged to the first families of Virginia, was the Secretary of War. Mr. Toucey of Connecticut was Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Jacob Thompson of Mississippi, Secretary of the Interior, Mr. Brown of Tennessee, Postmaster- General, and Judge Jeremiah Black, Attorney- General, ? three from the North, four from the South. The new Cabinet, people said, was far inferior in capacity to the retiring one. The new President was a bachelor. Despite his years and his cold, reserved manner, his fidelity toA New President and a Gay Capital 39 the memory of beautiful Miss Coleman, to whom he had been affianced in his youth, invested him with the interest which attaches to romance. This was enhanced by his devotion to his niece, Miss Harriet Lane. In her affection he found the only solace of his lonely life. For her sake he condescended to unbend in public; and to brighten the atmosphere around her, he sometimes became quite a jaunty old bachelor. She was his confidante in all matters political and personal. A stately etiquette ruled between the two. She was always addressed as Miss Harriet, ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Reminiscences of Peace and War: Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition): Civil War Memories Series. To get started finding Reminiscences of Peace and War: Memoirs of a Southern Woman during the Civil War (Illustrated Edition): Civil War Memories Series, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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