Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . t brol-rn. Mr. Sickles had many while injail, including members of the cabinet, andof congress, innumerable, and other officialdignitaries. President Buchanan sent amessage of condo
Our first century: being a popular descriptive portraiture of the one hundred great and memorable events of perpetual interest in the history of our country, political, military, mechanical, social, scientific and commercial: embracing also delineations of all the great historic characters celebrated in the annals of the republic; men of heroism, statesmanship, genius, oratory, adventure and philanthropy . t brol-rn. Mr. Sickles had many while injail, including members of the cabinet, andof congress, innumerable, and other officialdignitaries. President Buchanan sent amessage of condolence to him. had but few calls from her formerfriends. The scene at the jail, on thearrival of Mrs. Sickless mother and father, when brought into the presence of , was very harrowing, the screamsand sobs of the poor woman comjiletelyoverwhelming him. Naturally enough, the house of assigna-tion on Fifteenth street was, for a time,the object of excited curiosity to multi-tudes of visitors — a queer building, ofsubstantial brick, standing directly on thestreet, two stories in height, narrow, witha roof slightly sloping toward the sidewalk,a small porch, and an L running back to amuddy alley. For this house. Key paidfifty dollars per month, and almost everymorning he was seen, at nine or ten oclock,to enter the front door. He came gener-ally on foot, but sometimes on horseback,.
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