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When I went to Washington for the session of December, 1876, while I did not believe there would be a civil war, and supposed there would be some method of escape devised, I confess I saw no such method.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “When I went to Washington for the session of December, 1876, while I did not believe there would be a civil war, and…”
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Hoar reflects on his belief that civil war was unlikely during a tense political period in 1876.
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