CHAPTER XIX

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December, 1860-January, 1861.

Resignation of General Cass from the Department of 396 State—Reconstruction of the Cabinet which followed after the Resignations of Messrs. Cobb, Thompson, and Thomas

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1860—December.

The Resignation of Secretary Floyd, and its Cause—Refutation 406 of the Story of his stealing the Arms of the United States—General Scott’s Assertions disproved

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