From Farm Boy to Senator
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Alger Horatio Jr.. From Farm Boy to Senator
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. THE COTTON HANDKERCHIEF
CHAPTER II. DANIEL AND HIS FATHER
CHAPTER III. A MEMORABLE BATTLE
CHAPTER IV. AN IMPORTANT STEP
CHAPTER V. DANIEL AT EXETER ACADEMY
CHAPTER VI. PREPARING FOR COLLEGE
CHAPTER VII. DANIEL’S COLLEGE LIFE
CHAPTER VIII. DANIEL RECEIVES SOME VALUABLE ADVICE
CHAPTER IX. BROTHERLY LOVE
CHAPTER X. THE TWO BROTHERS
CHAPTER XI. DANIEL AS AN ORATOR
CHAPTER XII. STUDYING LAW
CHAPTER XIII. HOW DANIEL WENT TO FRYEBURG
CHAPTER XIV. THE PRECEPTOR OF FRYEBURG ACADEMY
CHAPTER XV. THE NEXT TWO YEARS
CHAPTER XVI. A GREAT TEMPTATION
CHAPTER XVII. DANIEL REFUSES A CLERKSHIP
CHAPTER XVIII. D. WEBSTER, ATTORNEY
CHAPTER XIX. DANIEL OVERCOMES A BRAMBLE
CHAPTER XX “THE LITTLE BLACK STABLE-BOY.”
CHAPTER XXI. WHY DANIEL WAS SENT TO CONGRESS
CHAPTER XXII. MR. WEBSTER AS A MEMBER OF CONGRESS
CHAPTER XXIII. JOHN RANDOLPH AND WILLIAM PINKNEY
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. WEBSTER IN BOSTON
CHAPTER XXV. THE ORATION AT PLYMOUTH
CHAPTER XXVI. THE BUNKER HILL ORATION
CHAPTER XXVII. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON
CHAPTER XXVIII. HOME LIFE AND DOMESTIC SORROWS
CHAPTER XXIX. CALLED TO THE SENATE
CHAPTER XXX. THE BEGINNING OF A GREAT BATTLE
CHAPTER XXXI. THE REPLY TO HAYNE
CHAPTER XXXII. THE SECRET OF WEBSTER’S POWER
CHAPTER XXXIII. HONORS RECEIVED IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER XXXIV. CALLED TO THE CABINET
CHAPTER XXXV. LIFE AT MARSHFIELD
CHAPTER XXXVI. THE SEVENTH OF MARCH SPEECH
CHAPTER XXXVII. CLOSING SCENES
CHAPTER XXXVIII. CENTENNIAL TRIBUTES
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“Where are you going, Daniel?”
“To Mr. Hoyt’s store.”
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“It’s a good purchase,” said Master Hoyt, approvingly. “Take it home, Daniel, and read it, and you’ll know something of the government we’re living under. I suppose you’ve heard your father talk of the days when he was a soldier, and fought against the British?”
“Yes, sir.”
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