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... railroad . It was crammed full of travellers and cotton speculators ; but , as an especial favour , the fat German ... railroads . In this country , where every white man is as good as another ( by theory ) , and every white female is by ...
... railroad . It was crammed full of travellers and cotton speculators ; but , as an especial favour , the fat German ... railroads . In this country , where every white man is as good as another ( by theory ) , and every white female is by ...
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... ( I think ) , who has become very popular by the following sentence in his manifesto : - " I am of opinion that married soldiers should be given the opportunity of embracing their families at least once a A TEXAN RAILROAD . 61.
... ( I think ) , who has become very popular by the following sentence in his manifesto : - " I am of opinion that married soldiers should be given the opportunity of embracing their families at least once a A TEXAN RAILROAD . 61.
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... railroad then traverses a shallow lagoon ( called Galveston Bay ) on a trestle - bridge two miles long ; this leads to another tête - de - pont on Galveston island , and in a few minutes the city is reached . - In the train I had ...
... railroad then traverses a shallow lagoon ( called Galveston Bay ) on a trestle - bridge two miles long ; this leads to another tête - de - pont on Galveston island , and in a few minutes the city is reached . - In the train I had ...
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... railroad for sixteen miles , after which we were crammed into another stage . Crossed the frontier into Louisiana at 11 A.M. I have therefore been nearly a month getting through the single state of Texas . Reached Shrieveport at 3 P.M. ...
... railroad for sixteen miles , after which we were crammed into another stage . Crossed the frontier into Louisiana at 11 A.M. I have therefore been nearly a month getting through the single state of Texas . Reached Shrieveport at 3 P.M. ...
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... railroad is reported to be destroyed , and great doubts were expressed whether I should be able to get into Vicksburg at all . However , as I found some other people as deter- mined to proceed as myself , we hired a carriage for $ 100 ...
... railroad is reported to be destroyed , and great doubts were expressed whether I should be able to get into Vicksburg at all . However , as I found some other people as deter- mined to proceed as myself , we hired a carriage for $ 100 ...
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