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Andrew Jackson

A Peculiar Virtue

by Gerald W. (Gerald White) Johnson,

Only once have we elected a really ignorant man to the Presidency. Andrew Jackson was almost completely innocent of book-learning when he came to the White House. Furthermore, he was…

Caveat to the general

by Alexander Mackay,

Martin Van Buren, diplomat

by Montgomery Blair,

Minister of the United States to England

Meditations of an autograph-collector

by Adrian H. (Adrian Hoffman) Joline,

Literary notes

by John Kendrick Bangs,

A Louisiana sugar plantation of the old rÃ©gime

by Charles Gayarré,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

“Old Hickory”

by Thomas Wentworth Higginson,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

Editor’s easy chair

by Harper’s Staff,

Andrew Jackson

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A Peculiar Virtue

Caveat to the general

Martin Van Buren, diplomat

Meditations of an autograph-collector

Literary notes

A Louisiana sugar plantation of the old rÃ©gime

Editor’s drawer

“Old Hickory”

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s drawer

Editor’s easy chair

March 1880

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