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Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Biography of New York, Vol. 8: A Life Record of Men and Women Whose Sterling Character and Energy and Industry Have Made Them Preeminent in Their Own and Many Other States
The American Secretary oi State for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Charles hvans Hughes, whe is regarded by-competent judges, irrespective of party or national ity, not only-as a great American but as one of the world's greatest statesmen, is a native of New Ygrk State, the son of a clergyman, and as far as origin goes em bodies in his personality the best strains of American descent, being of mixed Welsh, scotch-irish and Dutch extrac tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
