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Newton Booth, of California, his speeches and addresses

Newton Booth · 1894 · Scanned text · Free in the US

179,602 words · about 12 h 35 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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About this book

Author
Newton Booth
Language
English
Published
1894
Length
179,602 words · about 12 h 35 min
Sections
4 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public domain in the United States

 

Contents (4)
  1. Contents under 1 min
  2. Chapter II under 1 min
  3. Introduction about 12 h 17 min
  4. Index about 17 min

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Contents

PAGE

Introduction vii

CHAPTER I. Orations and Addresses i

Chapter II

Central Pacific Railroad Company — His Early Friendship for it — Political Conflict Created by its Aggressions — His Course as Leader of the People against them — Features of the Long and Bitter Struggle — His Forecast of the Future Sustained by Results Twenty-five Years Later — Sec. i, The Sacramento Union — Sec. 2, Course as Governor of California — Sec. 3, Services in the United States Senate — Retirement from Political Life.

Chapter III

Destruction of Manuscript — Charles James Fox — Morals and Politics.

CHAPTER IV. Index -.511

OF CALIFORNIA.

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