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 17
... give the community its permanent character . It is needless to rehearse the kind of life in which Abra- ham Lincoln was here trained . The picture is similar in all such settlements . In his case , there was indeed the advantage of a ...
... give the community its permanent character . It is needless to rehearse the kind of life in which Abra- ham Lincoln was here trained . The picture is similar in all such settlements . In his case , there was indeed the advantage of a ...
Page 42
... give him battle , Gen. Whiteside , having buried the dead of the day before , returned to camp , where he was joined , next day , by Gen. Atkinson , with his troops and supplies . The numbers of the army were thus increased to twenty ...
... give him battle , Gen. Whiteside , having buried the dead of the day before , returned to camp , where he was joined , next day , by Gen. Atkinson , with his troops and supplies . The numbers of the army were thus increased to twenty ...
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... give his language on this occasion , as a suitable pendent to our sketch of this period of Mr. Lincoln's youth : " By the way , Mr. Speaker , did you know I am a military hero ? Yes , sir , in the days of the Black - Hawk war , I fought ...
... give his language on this occasion , as a suitable pendent to our sketch of this period of Mr. Lincoln's youth : " By the way , Mr. Speaker , did you know I am a military hero ? Yes , sir , in the days of the Black - Hawk war , I fought ...
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... give to politics , by the position he had accepted . Nothing , however , could prevent his consummating his purpose . He completed his preliminary studies , and was licensed to practice in 1836. His reputation was now such that he found ...
... give to politics , by the position he had accepted . Nothing , however , could prevent his consummating his purpose . He completed his preliminary studies , and was licensed to practice in 1836. His reputation was now such that he found ...
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... give the vote understandingly , when it should come . I care- fully examined the President's messages , to ascertain what he himself had said and proved upon the point . The result of this examination was to make the impression , that ...
... give the vote understandingly , when it should come . I care- fully examined the President's messages , to ascertain what he himself had said and proved upon the point . The result of this examination was to make the impression , that ...
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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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