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 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 580 sider
...without foundation. The letter of the 18M. 9th authorized Mr. Greeley to bring to Washington any one "professing to have any proposition of Jefferson Davis,...restoration of the Union, and abandonment of slavery"; the letter of the 15th repeats the offer contained in that of the 9th, saying, " Show that and this... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 612 sider
...South should be Mr. Greeley himself. He answered his letter at once, on the 9th of July, saying : " If you can find any person, anywhere, professing to...of Jefferson Davis in writing, for peace, embracing CHAP. vin. the restoration of the Union, and abandonment of slavery, whatever else it embraces, say... | |
 | John George Nicolay, John Hay - 1890 - 594 sider
...South should be Mr. Greeley himself. He answered his letter at once, on the 9th of July, saying : " If you can find any person, anywhere, professing to...of Jefferson Davis in writing, for peace, embracing CHAP. vin. the restoration of the Union, and abandonment of slavery, whatever else it embraces, say... | |
 | Francis Nicoll Zabriskie - 1890 - 414 sider
...ruin." By persistent endeavor he obtained a roving commission from the President to this effect : " If you can find any person, anywhere, professing to have any proposition from Jefferson Davis, in writing, for peace, embracing the restoration of the Union and abandonment... | |
 | John Torrey Morse - 1893 - 396 sider
...to Washington in case they should prove really to have from Jefferson Davis any written proposition "for peace, embracing the restoration of the Union and abandonment of slavery." It was an exceedingly shrewd move, and it seriously discomposed Mr. Greeley, who had not counted upon... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1897 - 874 sider
...hare-brained schemes once and forever, he author- **»• p«*-e conference. ized him to bring to Washington " any person, anywhere, professing to have any proposition...peace, embracing the restoration of the Union and the abandonment of slavery," no matter what else it might embrace. A long and irritating delay followed,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant, Sydney Howard Gay, Noah Brooks - 1898 - 874 sider
...hare-br.ained schemes once and forever, he author- Fails peace conference. ized him to bring to Washington " any person, anywhere, professing to have any proposition...peace, embracing the restoration of the Union and the abandonment of slavery," no matter what else it might embrace. A long and irritating delay followed,... | |
 | James Morton Callahan - 1901 - 316 sider
...had power to make negotiations for peace. Lincoln had no faith in Jewett's story, but replied July 9: "If you can find any person, anywhere, professing...peace, embracing the restoration of the Union and the abandonment of slavery . . . say to him he may come to me with you." A few days later he again... | |
 | John Thomas Bell - 1903 - 222 sider
...Lincoln authorized him to see those men and gave him the following as a credential of authority: " If you can find any person anywhere professing to have any proposition from Jefferson Davis, in writing, for peace, embracing a restoration of the Union and the abandonment... | |
 | Wayne Whipple - 1908 - 762 sider
...representative and to go to Niagara Falls. "If you can find any person anywhere," the President wrote, " professing to have any proposition of Jefferson Davis,...abandonment of slavery, whatever else it embraces, say-to him he may come to me with you, and that if he really brings such proposition he shall at the... | |
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