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FAMOUS
American Statesmen

BY

SARAH K. BOLTON

AUTHOR OF "POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS," "GIRLS WHO
BECAME FAMOUS," "FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS,"
"STORIES FROM LIFE," "FROM HEART,
AND NATURE," ETC.
"A nation has no possessions so valuable as its great men, living or dead."—Hon. John Bigelow.


NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL & CO.
No. 13 Astor Place