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Title: Famous Americans of Recent Times
Author: James Parton
Release Date: June 29, 2004 [eBook #12771]
Language: English
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FAMOUS AMERICANS OF RECENT TIMES
By
JAMES PARTON
Author of "Life of Andrew Jackson," "Life and Times of Aaron Burr,"
"Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin," etc.
1867



[Illustration: J.C. Calhoun]


CONTENTS

HENRY CLAY
DANIEL WEBSTER
JOHN C. CALHOUN
JOHN RANDOLPH
STEPHEN GIRARD AND HIS COLLEGE
JAMES GORDON BENNETT AND THE NEW YORK HERALD
CHARLES GOODYEAR
HENRY WARD BEECHER AND HIS CHURCH
COMMODORE VANDERBILT
THEODOSIA BURR
JOHN JACOB ASTOR


NOTE
The papers contained in this volume were originally published in the
_North American Review_, with four exceptions.
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