McCabe, James Dabney, 1842-1883 · [New York] : Continental Pub. Co. : National Pub. Co. · leaf 280
Memory—Oakes Amess Note-book—Senator Pattersons Documents—The Case of Mr. Colfax—DetailedStatement of it—Terrible Chain of Circumstantial Evidence—The Vice-Presidents Dilemma. One of the great public works of the Union, of whichthe whole country is justly proud, is the Pacific Rail-way, extending… … OAKES AMES. BEHIND THE SCENES IN WASHINGTON. 249 to undertake to build a railroad across the continent andover the Rocky Mountains, and, although Governmentaid was liberally pledged to the undertaking, it did not,for a long time, attract to it the capital it needed. Atlength, after many struggles,…
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