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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... Held - What will Satisfy the Southern Democracy - Counsels to the Republi- cans - Mr . Lincoln Among the Children ......... CHAPTER XIII . 182 The Republican National Convention at Chicago - The Charleston Explosion- " Constitutional ...
... Held - What will Satisfy the Southern Democracy - Counsels to the Republi- cans - Mr . Lincoln Among the Children ......... CHAPTER XIII . 182 The Republican National Convention at Chicago - The Charleston Explosion- " Constitutional ...
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... held either at a private dwelling , or in some log school - house , or in the open grove : " Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Master . These dim vaults , These winding aisles , of human pomp or pride Report not ...
... held either at a private dwelling , or in some log school - house , or in the open grove : " Fit shrine for humble worshiper to hold Communion with his Master . These dim vaults , These winding aisles , of human pomp or pride Report not ...
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... held which adopted a State Constitution , preparatory to admission into the Union . Under this Constitution , a little later , in December , 1816 , Indiana became , by act of Congress , one of the United States . The population of ...
... held which adopted a State Constitution , preparatory to admission into the Union . Under this Constitution , a little later , in December , 1816 , Indiana became , by act of Congress , one of the United States . The population of ...
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... held in log huts , and the juries sat under the shade of the forest trees . I was Circuit Prosecuting Attorney at the time of the trials at the falls of Fall Creek , where Pendleton now stands . Four of the pris- oners were convicted of ...
... held in log huts , and the juries sat under the shade of the forest trees . I was Circuit Prosecuting Attorney at the time of the trials at the falls of Fall Creek , where Pendleton now stands . Four of the pris- oners were convicted of ...
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... held it to be the 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 ...
... held it to be the 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 ...
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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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