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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... Improvements Again - Mr . Lincoln's Views on Slavery - The Capital Removed to Springfield - The New Metropolis - Revulsion of 1837 - Mr . Lincoln Chosen for a Third Term - John Calhoun , of Lecompton Memory - Lincoln the Whig Leader ...
... Improvements Again - Mr . Lincoln's Views on Slavery - The Capital Removed to Springfield - The New Metropolis - Revulsion of 1837 - Mr . Lincoln Chosen for a Third Term - John Calhoun , of Lecompton Memory - Lincoln the Whig Leader ...
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... Improvements . — Whis , Measures Democratically Botched . - First Meeting of Lincoln witl . Douglas . - The Latter Seeks an Office of the Legislature and Gets it.- Mr. Lincoln Re - elected in 1836.-Mr. Douglas also a Member of the House ...
... Improvements . — Whis , Measures Democratically Botched . - First Meeting of Lincoln witl . Douglas . - The Latter Seeks an Office of the Legislature and Gets it.- Mr. Lincoln Re - elected in 1836.-Mr. Douglas also a Member of the House ...
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... improvements . Though inferior in numbers , the Whigs had superiority in ability , and in the real popularity and genuine democracy of their doctrines . General attention had now come to be strongly fixed upon the remarkable natural ...
... improvements . Though inferior in numbers , the Whigs had superiority in ability , and in the real popularity and genuine democracy of their doctrines . General attention had now come to be strongly fixed upon the remarkable natural ...
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... improvements within the State . In behalf of the Illinois and Michigan Canal , the company for constructing which had been incorporated in 1825 , a loan was agitated at the first session . Congress had granted for this work , in 1826 ...
... improvements within the State . In behalf of the Illinois and Michigan Canal , the company for constructing which had been incorporated in 1825 , a loan was agitated at the first session . Congress had granted for this work , in 1826 ...
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... improvements became one of the nost prominent ones before this Legislature , as had happened with the last . Of this policy , in a judiciously guarded form , Mr. Lincoln had been from the first a stanch and efficient advocate . He held ...
... improvements became one of the nost prominent ones before this Legislature , as had happened with the last . Of this policy , in a judiciously guarded form , Mr. Lincoln had been from the first a stanch and efficient advocate . He held ...
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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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