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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There could hardly be a greater contrast to Webster and Everett than Rufus Choate. He was of that great mysterious individuality which those old families of New England hold within themselves. His powers of language and of the use of the most familiar and unfamiliar words were unequalled. His hold on a jury was that of absolute magnetism. All this school of oratory was swept away by the advance of the antislavery movement and its champion Wendell Phillips. A single public meeting made him an outlaw for life. He felt he should not have been a platform speaker...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COL. HIGGINSON 'S LECTURE. | 3/3/1897 | See Source »

Caleb W. Loring, an eminent Boston lawyer, died last Friday at Camden, S. C., in the eightieth year of his age. He was the son of Charles Greely Loring who was one of Boston's noted lawyers and a contemporary and friend of Webster and Rufus Choate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBITUARY. | 2/1/1897 | See Source »

Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Federal Relations of Wisconsin. Mr. W. T. Arndt.- Rufus King. Mr. J. H. Dynes. University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 5/21/1896 | See Source »

Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Federal Relations of Wisconsin. Mr. W. T. Arndt.- Rufus King. Mr. J. H. Dynes. University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 5/20/1896 | See Source »

Seminary of American History and Institutions. The Federal Relations of Wisconsin. Mr. W. T. Arndt.- Rufus King. Mr. J. H. Dynes. University...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: University Calendar. | 5/16/1896 | See Source »

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