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Now, gentlemen, kindly withdraw a few paces and join Uncle Neb yonder against the wall.
— from The Mardi Gras Mystery by H. (Henry) Bedford-Jones
The committee, appointed by the Baltimore convention, conveyed to him the intelligence of his nomination in the following terms:— “A national convention of the democratic republican party, which met at Baltimore on the first Tuesday in June, unanimously nominated you as a candidate for the high trust of the President of the United States.
— from Sketches and Studies by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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