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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... crossed our swollen streams , by day and by night , sometimes swimming my horse , and at others paddling the rude bark canoe of the Indian . Such is a mere sketch of our State when I traversed its wilds , and I am not one of its first ...
... crossed our swollen streams , by day and by night , sometimes swimming my horse , and at others paddling the rude bark canoe of the Indian . Such is a mere sketch of our State when I traversed its wilds , and I am not one of its first ...
Page 37
... crossed the river with his women and children , and three hundred warriors of the Sacs , together with allies from the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie nations . His object was again to take possession of his old hunting - grounds , and to ...
... crossed the river with his women and children , and three hundred warriors of the Sacs , together with allies from the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie nations . His object was again to take possession of his old hunting - grounds , and to ...
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... crossed to the east side of the Mississippi , with a declared purpose of ascending Rock river to the territory of the Winnebagoes . This was in the early part of April , 1832. Black - Hawk , after he had gone some distance up this ...
... crossed to the east side of the Mississippi , with a declared purpose of ascending Rock river to the territory of the Winnebagoes . This was in the early part of April , 1832. Black - Hawk , after he had gone some distance up this ...
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... crossed , while the others were preparing to do so . The battle of the Bad - Axe here brought the war to a close , with the cap- ture of Black - Hawk and his surviving warriors . Mr. Lincoln , as yet a youth of but twenty - three ...
... crossed , while the others were preparing to do so . The battle of the Bad - Axe here brought the war to a close , with the cap- ture of Black - Hawk and his surviving warriors . Mr. Lincoln , as yet a youth of but twenty - three ...
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... crossed the Wabash , at the desire of the people of his former State , and contributed largely toward turning the tide of battle for Clay in that really hopeful field . Here he worked most efficiently , losing no opportunity up to the ...
... crossed the Wabash , at the desire of the people of his former State , and contributed largely toward turning the tide of battle for Clay in that really hopeful field . Here he worked most efficiently , losing no opportunity up to the ...
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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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