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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... hand , in the field - book of Daniel Boone , who was a deputy - surveyor under Col. Thomas Marshall , father of ... hands of L. C. Draper , Esq . , of Madison , Wisconsin , to whom I am indebted for the copy given in the text . The ...
... hand , in the field - book of Daniel Boone , who was a deputy - surveyor under Col. Thomas Marshall , father of ... hands of L. C. Draper , Esq . , of Madison , Wisconsin , to whom I am indebted for the copy given in the text . The ...
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... unfashioned , fresh from nature's hand , Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagined right , above control . " This generation began its life with the independent existence of LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 15.
... unfashioned , fresh from nature's hand , Fierce in their native hardiness of soul , True to imagined right , above control . " This generation began its life with the independent existence of LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 15.
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... hand , driving his father's team in the field , or from the woods with a heavy draught , or on the rough path to the mill , the store , or the river landing . He was specially an adept at felling trees , and acquired a muscular strength ...
... hand , driving his father's team in the field , or from the woods with a heavy draught , or on the rough path to the mill , the store , or the river landing . He was specially an adept at felling trees , and acquired a muscular strength ...
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... hand , rejoicing to recognize the once obscure boy as one of the foremost leaders of the people . Dorsey was lately residing in Schuyler County , Illinois , where he also had sons living . That we may estimate Mr. Lincoln in his true ...
... hand , rejoicing to recognize the once obscure boy as one of the foremost leaders of the people . Dorsey was lately residing in Schuyler County , Illinois , where he also had sons living . That we may estimate Mr. Lincoln in his true ...
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... hand who aided him in this exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , bears earnest testimony ... hands to aid him in a flatboat voyage down the Mississippi . The fact was known that the youth had once made such a ...
... hand who aided him in this exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , bears earnest testimony ... hands to aid him in a flatboat voyage down the Mississippi . The fact was known that the youth had once made such a ...
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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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