Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... Government just before the Revolution , and emigration from Virginia had commenced almost simultaneously to that quarter and to Kentucky . In 1787 , as is well known , the settlements here , in common with those scattered throughout the ...
... Government just before the Revolution , and emigration from Virginia had commenced almost simultaneously to that quarter and to Kentucky . In 1787 , as is well known , the settlements here , in common with those scattered throughout the ...
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... Government of Mexico . 3d . Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people , which settlement has existed ever since long before the Texas revolution , and until its inhabitants fled before the approach of the United ...
... Government of Mexico . 3d . Whether that spot is or is not within a settlement of people , which settlement has existed ever since long before the Texas revolution , and until its inhabitants fled before the approach of the United ...
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... government . This Capitol is built at the public expense , for the public benefit ; but does any one doubt that it is of some peculiar local advantage to the property holders and business people of Washington ? Shall we remove it for ...
... government . This Capitol is built at the public expense , for the public benefit ; but does any one doubt that it is of some peculiar local advantage to the property holders and business people of Washington ? Shall we remove it for ...
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... Government from the unworthy hands which now control it , and to bring it back in its administration to the principles and practices of Washington , Jefferson , and their great and good compatriots of the Revolution . Resolved , That we ...
... Government from the unworthy hands which now control it , and to bring it back in its administration to the principles and practices of Washington , Jefferson , and their great and good compatriots of the Revolution . Resolved , That we ...
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... Government for themselves and their pos- terity , and I am in favor of preserving , not only the purity of the blood , but the purity of the Government , from any mix- ture or amalgamation with inferior races . I have seen the effects ...
... Government for themselves and their pos- terity , and I am in favor of preserving , not only the purity of the blood , but the purity of the Government , from any mix- ture or amalgamation with inferior races . I have seen the effects ...
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell) 18 Barrett,Making of America Project No preview available - 2016 |
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