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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... remained in Kentucky until after their majority . Thomas Lincoln , one of these sons , was born in 1778. He was a mere child when his father removed to Kentucky , and was but six years old at the time of the latter's death . The date of ...
... remained in Kentucky until after their majority . Thomas Lincoln , one of these sons , was born in 1778. He was a mere child when his father removed to Kentucky , and was but six years old at the time of the latter's death . The date of ...
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... remained to embark the little caravan upon a flatboat , and to cross the stream , now swelled to fair proportions by the autumn rains . Finally , after reaching the Indiana side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of ...
... remained to embark the little caravan upon a flatboat , and to cross the stream , now swelled to fair proportions by the autumn rains . Finally , after reaching the Indiana side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of ...
Page 44
... remained true and persistent , no less eager for the fray , or ambitious to play a genuine soldier's part , than at the beginning . Hardship was not new to him , and he had a physical energy and endurance that would not be wearied into ...
... remained true and persistent , no less eager for the fray , or ambitious to play a genuine soldier's part , than at the beginning . Hardship was not new to him , and he had a physical energy and endurance that would not be wearied into ...
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... remained a bachelor , and was an inmate of the family of the Hon . William Butler , in later years the Treasurer of the State . For three or four years he continued to represent his county in the Leg- islature , but after 1840 , he ...
... remained a bachelor , and was an inmate of the family of the Hon . William Butler , in later years the Treasurer of the State . For three or four years he continued to represent his county in the Leg- islature , but after 1840 , he ...
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... remained true . arms . On the 29th of April the blockade was extended , in accord- ance with a proclamation of the President , so as to embrace the ports of Virginia and North Carolina , owing to rebellious acts in those States ...
... remained true . arms . On the 29th of April the blockade was extended , in accord- ance with a proclamation of the President , so as to embrace the ports of Virginia and North Carolina , owing to rebellious acts in those States ...
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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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