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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... south side of the river , running south 200 poles , then up the river for quantity , 11th December , 1782 . " * Yancey's land , as appears from the same book , was on the north side of the " main " Licking Creek , as then designated ...
... south side of the river , running south 200 poles , then up the river for quantity , 11th December , 1782 . " * Yancey's land , as appears from the same book , was on the north side of the " main " Licking Creek , as then designated ...
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... south of a straight line drawn from Vincennes , on the Wabash , to Lawrenceburg , on the Ohio . Vincennes was long the territorial capital , and with the surrounding country , had been occupied by French emigrants , many years before ...
... south of a straight line drawn from Vincennes , on the Wabash , to Lawrenceburg , on the Ohio . Vincennes was long the territorial capital , and with the surrounding country , had been occupied by French emigrants , many years before ...
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... South Meeting in Ohio , Indiana and Illinois.- Sentiments of Southern Emigrants . - The First Emigrations . - A Coincidence of Dates . - Mordecai and Josiah Lincoln . - Removal to Illinois . Settlement on the Sangamon , in Macon County ...
... South Meeting in Ohio , Indiana and Illinois.- Sentiments of Southern Emigrants . - The First Emigrations . - A Coincidence of Dates . - Mordecai and Josiah Lincoln . - Removal to Illinois . Settlement on the Sangamon , in Macon County ...
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... south , before any real advance had been northern parts . Nearly the same The territory had been separately made in the central and thing was true of Illinois . organized in the same year with the birth of Abraham Lin- coln - 1809 . The ...
... south , before any real advance had been northern parts . Nearly the same The territory had been separately made in the central and thing was true of Illinois . organized in the same year with the birth of Abraham Lin- coln - 1809 . The ...
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... south , a slightly broken country is reached two or three miles from that place , and presently the North Fork of the Sangamon , over which you pass , a mile from the town . This stream flows westwardly , uniting with the South Fork ...
... south , a slightly broken country is reached two or three miles from that place , and presently the North Fork of the Sangamon , over which you pass , a mile from the town . This stream flows westwardly , uniting with the South Fork ...
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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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