The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . reparationof a call to offer to the committee would be wholly in keeping with Mr. Wil-liams habits. He had had much experience in public appeals, as will berecalled. The paper was signed by Messrs. Morgan. Bartlett, Fogg, Brainerd,Goodrich, Chace, Wells, Williams, Harris, Caldwell, Snooner, Clay, Ritchie,tudd Chandler, Tweedy, Ramsev, Stevens (not Thaddeus), Jones, Conwayand Clephane. They debated a long time on the call before this one wasadopted. Eleven cities want
The life and speeches of Thomas Williams orator, statesman and jurist, 1806-1872, a founder of the Whig and Republican parties . reparationof a call to offer to the committee would be wholly in keeping with Mr. Wil-liams habits. He had had much experience in public appeals, as will berecalled. The paper was signed by Messrs. Morgan. Bartlett, Fogg, Brainerd,Goodrich, Chace, Wells, Williams, Harris, Caldwell, Snooner, Clay, Ritchie,tudd Chandler, Tweedy, Ramsev, Stevens (not Thaddeus), Jones, Conwayand Clephane. They debated a long time on the call before this one wasadopted. Eleven cities wanted the convention, and St. Louis, which was favoredfor a time, was finally judged as inconvenient as West of nineteen-twentiethsof the delegates; so Chicago was chosen. 2 On the 2Sth the Tribune correspondent at Washington said: The callissued by the Republican National Committee for a Convention is generallyacceptable here, and relieves all points of embarrassment. See files of theNew York Tribune in the Astor Library, New York. 0CT 2B. O&r flri^lJaxouy. The Life and Speeches OF Thomas Wilhams Orator, Statesman and Jurist 1806-1872 A Founder of the Whig and Republican Parties By BURTON ALVA KONKLE Author of Tlie Life and Times of Thomas Smith, ly^^-iSog Formerly associated with the Historical Work of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and Member of the Pennsylvania Historical Society and American Historical Association With an Introduction by HON. PHILANDER CHASE KNOX, LL. D. United States Senator from Pennsylvania Volume I CAMPION & COMPANY PHILADELPHIA19 0 5 OCT 28 19U5;XIf97- Copyrighted, 1905Burton Alva Konkle ^ TO my father Simon Kenton Konkle 1836-1905 Contents Preface. Introduction by Hon. Philander C. Knox, Chapter I. His Forefathers Near the Chesapeake and Susquehanna and What They Hear ofThe Gateway to the Great West. 1785 I Chapter H. His Youth Amidst His Books and the His-toric Hills and Forests of Old West-moreland. 1806 14 Chapter HI. Learning, Oratory and,
Size: 1424px × 1754px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, booksubjectwilliamsthomas180818
