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 35
... duties of a clerk , having an eye to both branches of the business carried on by his employer . This connection continued for nearly a year , all the duties of his position being faithfully performed . It was to this year's humble but ...
... duties of a clerk , having an eye to both branches of the business carried on by his employer . This connection continued for nearly a year , all the duties of his position being faithfully performed . It was to this year's humble but ...
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... duty assigned them than that of scouts , had a little skirmish on the 12th of May , a mile distant from their encampment , in Ogle county , with a number of mounted Indians , in which three of the latter were killed . Black - Hawk and ...
... duty assigned them than that of scouts , had a little skirmish on the 12th of May , a mile distant from their encampment , in Ogle county , with a number of mounted Indians , in which three of the latter were killed . Black - Hawk and ...
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... duty to his country , as a soldier , persevering amid peculiar hardships , and against the influences of older men around him , during the three months ' service of this his first and last military campaign . Sarcastically commenting on ...
... duty to his country , as a soldier , persevering amid peculiar hardships , and against the influences of older men around him , during the three months ' service of this his first and last military campaign . Sarcastically commenting on ...
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... duty of Government to extend its fostering aid , in every Constitutional way , and to a reason- able extent , to whatever enterprise of public utility required such assistance , in order to the fullest development of the natural ...
... duty of Government to extend its fostering aid , in every Constitutional way , and to a reason- able extent , to whatever enterprise of public utility required such assistance , in order to the fullest development of the natural ...
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... duties ; but I suppose one of its principles must be , to lay a duty , for the improvement of any particular harbor , upon the tunnage coming into that harbor . To do otherwise - to collect money in one harbor to be expended on ...
... duties ; but I suppose one of its principles must be , to lay a duty , for the improvement of any particular harbor , upon the tunnage coming into that harbor . To do otherwise - to collect money in one harbor to be expended on ...
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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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