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| Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - United States - 1905 - 704 pages
...him as "a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his brows and face, and a queue down his back tied in an eelskin...dress singular, his manners and deportment those of a backwoodsman." He remained, however, but a year or two in all at Philadelphia — then the seat of... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - History - 1905 - 692 pages
...then Senator — and all before the age of thirty-one. In Congress Albert Gallatin describes him as "a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his brows and face, and a queue down his back tied in an eelskin ; his dress singular, his manners and... | |
| Thomas Wentworth Higginson, William MacDonald - United States - 1905 - 708 pages
...then Senator—and all before the age of thirty-one. In Congress Albert Gallatin describes him as " a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his brows and face, and a queue down his back tied in an eelskin ; his dress singular, his manners and... | |
| Frederick Jackson Turner - Mississippi River Valley - 1906 - 420 pages
..."a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face, and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular,...manners and deportment those of a rough backwoodsman." 1 Jefferson afterwards testified to Webster: "His passions are terrible. When I was President of the... | |
| Frederick Jackson Turner - Mississippi River Valley - 1906 - 428 pages
..."a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face, and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular, his manners and deportment those of a rough backwoodsman."1 Jefferson afterwards testified to Webster: "His passions are terrible. When I was President... | |
| Frederick Jackson Turner - History - 1906 - 402 pages
...western Pennsylvanian) afterwards graphically described Jackson, as he entered the halls of Congress, as "a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face, and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular, his manners and deportment those of a rough... | |
| Frederick Jackson Turner - Mississippi River Valley - 1905 - 400 pages
...western Pennsylvanian) afterwards graphically described Jackson, as he entered the halls of Congress, as "a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face, and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular, his manners and deportment those of a rough... | |
| James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - United States - 1909 - 600 pages
...a "tall, lank, uncouth - looking personage with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin, his dress singular, his manners and deportment that of a backwoodsman ." The military life was more congenial to a man of his courage and strength... | |
| James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford - United States - 1909 - 618 pages
...He made little impression in Congress. Gallatin described him as a "tall, lank, uncout h - looking personage with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down hi.s back tied in an eel-skin, his dress singular, his manners and deportment that of a backwoodsman."... | |
| William Graham Sumner - United States - 1910 - 532 pages
...Congress, I. 485-532. 8 See p. 11, n. 1. hold, in 1794. Gallatin recalled him years after, wards as " a tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face, and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin ; his dress singular, his manners and deportment that of a rough... | |
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