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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Page 25
... already acquired . The same want of systematic public instruction , and the same mode of remedying this lack , pre- vailed in Indiana , as in his former home . One of his teachers was named Andrew Crawford , to whom he used to be ...
... already acquired . The same want of systematic public instruction , and the same mode of remedying this lack , pre- vailed in Indiana , as in his former home . One of his teachers was named Andrew Crawford , to whom he used to be ...
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... already beginning to foresee and prepare for a high destiny . Wherever he has dwelt becomes classic and consecrated ground , and to have known him , even in his obscurest days , will be deemed a cir- cumstance to be recounted with pride ...
... already beginning to foresee and prepare for a high destiny . Wherever he has dwelt becomes classic and consecrated ground , and to have known him , even in his obscurest days , will be deemed a cir- cumstance to be recounted with pride ...
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... already worked . The rivers along which the principal settlements had been made , aside from the great boundary rivers - the Missis- sippi , the Ohio , and the Wabash - were the Kaskaskia , the Embarras , the Sangamon , and their ...
... already worked . The rivers along which the principal settlements had been made , aside from the great boundary rivers - the Missis- sippi , the Ohio , and the Wabash - were the Kaskaskia , the Embarras , the Sangamon , and their ...
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... already in the field — the whole number of volunteers alone being thirty - two hundred - the army was placed in a formidable and effective attitude for offensive warfare . Mean- time the Indian atrocities continued , their acts of ...
... already in the field — the whole number of volunteers alone being thirty - two hundred - the army was placed in a formidable and effective attitude for offensive warfare . Mean- time the Indian atrocities continued , their acts of ...
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... already mentioned . The forces were divided and dispersed in different directions , on the 10th of July , with a view to obtain- ing supplies . Two days later , news was received that Black- Hawk was thirty - five miles above Gen ...
... already mentioned . The forces were divided and dispersed in different directions , on the 10th of July , with a view to obtain- ing supplies . Two days later , news was received that Black- Hawk was thirty - five miles above Gen ...
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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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