The Conkling and Blaine-Fry Controversy, in 1866: The Outbreak of the Life-long Feud Between the Two Great Statesmen, Roscoe Conkling and James G. Blaine

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Press of A.G. Sherwood & Company, 1893 - 341 páginas
 

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