AND THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY ·

A BIOGRAPHY AND A HISTORY

BY

WILLIAM DANA ORCUTT

VOLUME I

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
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BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS

1917

Bentley Historical

Library
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COPYRIGHT, 1917

BY LONGMANS, GREEN & CO.

THE PLIMPTON PRESS

NORWOOD MASSU.S.A

To

BURROWS MCNEIR

AND

THOMAS SHEPHERD MCNEIR

THESE EPISODES IN PATRIOTISM

OF THEIR DISTINGUISHED GRANDFATHER

ARE DEDICATED