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LIFE OF MAJOR-GENERAL

WILLIAM H. HARRISON,

NINTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

BY

H. MONTGOMERY.

SECOND EDITION.

NEW YORK AND AUBURN:

MILLER, ORTON & MULLIGAN.

NEW YORK: 25 PARK ROW.-AUBURN: 107 GENESEE-ST.

1857.

PUBLIC LIBRARY

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ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS: 1900.

ENTERED according to Act of Congress, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, by TOOKER and GATCHELL, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Ohio.

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MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT,

THE HERO, THE PATRIOT, AND

THE STATESMAN,

WHOSE FAME FILLS THE WORLD,

AND WHOSE EFFORTS TO

MAINTAIN PEACE

HAVE AS MUCH ENDEARED HIM TO HIS COUNTRYMEN

AS HIS GLORIOUS ACHIEVEMENTS

IN WAR,

WHOSE LIFE FROM BOYHOOD UP

HAS BEEN SPENT IN DEFENDING THE HONOR

And promoting the welfare of his Country,

THIS WORK IS

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF THE ESTEEM ENTERTAINED FOR

HIS CHARACTER,

AND THE GRATITUDE FELT FOR HIS SERVICES,

BY THE AUTHOR.