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 40
... further up the river . These incessant marches must have severely taxed the endurance of many of the inexperienced soldiers , but to Capt . Lincoln , reared as he had been , they rather hightened the exhilaration which attended these ...
... further up the river . These incessant marches must have severely taxed the endurance of many of the inexperienced soldiers , but to Capt . Lincoln , reared as he had been , they rather hightened the exhilaration which attended these ...
Page 41
... they found not a straggler of all the savage forces . They had partly gone further up the river , and partly dispersed , to commit depredations in the surrounding country . One party of them came suddenly upon 4 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... they found not a straggler of all the savage forces . They had partly gone further up the river , and partly dispersed , to commit depredations in the surrounding country . One party of them came suddenly upon 4 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... Further Service in the Legislature . - His Position as a Statesman at the Close of this Period . - A Tribune of the People . WE now approach the period of Mr. Lincoln's transition to the more natural position in which , as a ...
... Further Service in the Legislature . - His Position as a Statesman at the Close of this Period . - A Tribune of the People . WE now approach the period of Mr. Lincoln's transition to the more natural position in which , as a ...
Page 52
... further the development of the latent power of this young commonwealth , and its progress toward the high rank among the States of the Mississippi valley , which had been indicated and provided for by nature . Despite the strong ...
... further the development of the latent power of this young commonwealth , and its progress toward the high rank among the States of the Mississippi valley , which had been indicated and provided for by nature . Despite the strong ...
Page 79
... further with his proof , if it had not been for the small matter that the truth would not permit him . Under the impression thus made I gave the vote before mentioned . I propose now to give , concisely , the process of the examination ...
... further with his proof , if it had not been for the small matter that the truth would not permit him . Under the impression thus made I gave the vote before mentioned . I propose now to give , concisely , the process of the examination ...
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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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