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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... course a large dog , constant to the fortunes of his master's family , and ready for any fate to which their migrations might lead him . Arrived at the appointed landing on the banks of the Ohio , it only remained to embark the little ...
... course a large dog , constant to the fortunes of his master's family , and ready for any fate to which their migrations might lead him . Arrived at the appointed landing on the banks of the Ohio , it only remained to embark the little ...
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... course of his own . Whatever the immediate or remote occasion , he left Indiana in the spring of 1830 , to seek another place of abode , in the State of Illinois . He had seen the growth of Kentucky from almost the very start , to a ...
... course of his own . Whatever the immediate or remote occasion , he left Indiana in the spring of 1830 , to seek another place of abode , in the State of Illinois . He had seen the growth of Kentucky from almost the very start , to a ...
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... course , in the hands of the Democrats . The Speaker was Hon . James Semple , afterward United States Senator . In the selection of his committees , he assigned Lincoln the second place on the Committee on Public Accounts and ...
... course , in the hands of the Democrats . The Speaker was Hon . James Semple , afterward United States Senator . In the selection of his committees , he assigned Lincoln the second place on the Committee on Public Accounts and ...
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... course , made to affix a character of abolitionism to all those who refused assent to these extreme views . At that time , the public sentiment of the North was not aroused on the subject , as it became a few years later , in ...
... course , made to affix a character of abolitionism to all those who refused assent to these extreme views . At that time , the public sentiment of the North was not aroused on the subject , as it became a few years later , in ...
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... the State , from and after the 4th day of July , 1839. To the people of Sangamon county , whom Mr. Lincoln represented , this was of course a most satisfactory measure , and by the State at large LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 57.
... the State , from and after the 4th day of July , 1839. To the people of Sangamon county , whom Mr. Lincoln represented , this was of course a most satisfactory measure , and by the State at large LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 57.
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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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