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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... Senate , at the same Session - Mr . Lincoln's Congressional Record that of a Clay and Webster Whig -- The Mexi- can ... Senator to Suc- ceed Gen. Shields - Mr . Lincoln and Mr. Trumbull - A Magnanimous Sacrifice- Mr. Trumbull Elected ...
... Senate , at the same Session - Mr . Lincoln's Congressional Record that of a Clay and Webster Whig -- The Mexi- can ... Senator to Suc- ceed Gen. Shields - Mr . Lincoln and Mr. Trumbull - A Magnanimous Sacrifice- Mr. Trumbull Elected ...
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... Senator - His Great Speech Before the Convention at Springfield - Doug- las and Lincoln at Chicago - Speeches at Bloomington and Springfield - Unfair ness of the Apportionment Pointed Out by Mr. Lincoln - He Analyzes the Douglas ...
... Senator - His Great Speech Before the Convention at Springfield - Doug- las and Lincoln at Chicago - Speeches at Bloomington and Springfield - Unfair ness of the Apportionment Pointed Out by Mr. Lincoln - He Analyzes the Douglas ...
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... Senate , but Repugnant to Public Sentiment . - The Wharncliffe Correspondence . - Testimony of Goldwin Smith . - Peace Memorial from Great Britain . - Correspondence Thereon . - Congratulatory Address of the Workingmen of Great Britain ...
... Senate , but Repugnant to Public Sentiment . - The Wharncliffe Correspondence . - Testimony of Goldwin Smith . - Peace Memorial from Great Britain . - Correspondence Thereon . - Congratulatory Address of the Workingmen of Great Britain ...
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... Senate . Yet , with all these changes , the humble laborers , settled near " Hodgen's Mills , " on Nolin Creek , had no other lot but incessant toil , and a constant struggle with nature in the still imperfectly reclaimed wilds , for a ...
... Senate . Yet , with all these changes , the humble laborers , settled near " Hodgen's Mills , " on Nolin Creek , had no other lot but incessant toil , and a constant struggle with nature in the still imperfectly reclaimed wilds , for a ...
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... Senator ) , were chief commanders of the volunteers . Waiting two days at the Blue Mounds , the forces still in the field were all united , and a hard pursuit resumed through the forest , down the Wisconsin . On the fourth day , they ...
... Senator ) , were chief commanders of the volunteers . Waiting two days at the Blue Mounds , the forces still in the field were all united , and a hard pursuit resumed through the forest , down the Wisconsin . On the fourth day , they ...
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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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