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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... nearly thirty - fold since 1800 . There is little doubt that , in emigrating , Thomas Lincoln had fallen in with a prevalent contagion in his own State , and that he took up his residence in the part of Indiana then deemed most ...
... nearly thirty - fold since 1800 . There is little doubt that , in emigrating , Thomas Lincoln had fallen in with a prevalent contagion in his own State , and that he took up his residence in the part of Indiana then deemed most ...
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... nearly worthless . This mishap caused him much pain ; but he went , in all honesty , to Crawford with the ruined book , explained the calamity that had happened through his neglect , and offered , not having sufficient money , to " work ...
... nearly worthless . This mishap caused him much pain ; but he went , in all honesty , to Crawford with the ruined book , explained the calamity that had happened through his neglect , and offered , not having sufficient money , to " work ...
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... nearly the same date , will aid in conveying a correct impression of those times , and of the circumstances with which the youth was surrounded . Indiana , says the late Hon . O. H. Smith , † was born in the year 1816 , with some sixty ...
... nearly the same date , will aid in conveying a correct impression of those times , and of the circumstances with which the youth was surrounded . Indiana , says the late Hon . O. H. Smith , † was born in the year 1816 , with some sixty ...
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... nearly six feet and four inches , and with a comparatively slender yet uncommonly strong , muscular frame . He was even then , in his mental and moral characteristics , no less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten ...
... nearly six feet and four inches , and with a comparatively slender yet uncommonly strong , muscular frame . He was even then , in his mental and moral characteristics , no less than in his physical proportions , one not to be forgotten ...
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... nearly coeval with , the very first settlements in all those States , excepting only the lifeless French colonies of Indiana . The State of Illinois may be added to those of which it may be said , in like manner , his own life was the ...
... nearly coeval with , the very first settlements in all those States , excepting only the lifeless French colonies of Indiana . The State of Illinois may be added to those of which it may be said , in like manner , his own life was the ...
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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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