ANECDOTES

OF

PUBLIC MEN

BY

JOHN W. FORNEY

WHILE HÊ WAS

CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ·

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

EDITOR OF THe organ of THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (THE WASHINGTON DAILY UNION)
FROM 1851 TO 1855

and editor of the organ of the repuBLICAN PARTY
(THE WASHINGTON DAILY CHRONICLE)

FROM 1862 TO 1868

Volume II.

NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

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