Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . kers of hisState. No man who felt the touch of his bladedesired to be pitted with him again. With allhis eloquence as an orator he never spoke for ora-torical effect,-but his words always went like bullets to the mark. He is purely American in hisideas, and is a splendid type of the Americanstatesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logi-cal mind and


Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . kers of hisState. No man who felt the touch of his bladedesired to be pitted with him again. With allhis eloquence as an orator he never spoke for ora-torical effect,-but his words always went like bullets to the mark. He is purely American in hisideas, and is a splendid type of the Americanstatesman. Gifted with quick perception, a logi-cal mind and a read\- tongue, he is one of themost distinguished impromptu speakers in thenation. Many of these speeches sparkled with therarest eloquence and contained arguments of greatweight, ancj many of his terse statements havealready become aphorisms. Original in thought,precise in logic, terse in statement, jet withalfaultless in eloquence, he is recognized as thesound statesman and brilliant orator of the the last days of his Presi-dent Harrison suffered an irreparable loss in thedeath of his devoted wife, Caroline (Scott) Har-rison, a lad\- of many womanly charms and vir-tues. They were the parents of two I


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