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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... Result of the Canvass - The People for Lincoln ; the Apportionment for Douglas - Public Opinion .............. 141 CHAPTER XII . Mr. Lincoln in Ohio - His Speech at Columbus - Denial of the Negro Suffrage Charge Troubles of Douglas with ...
... Result of the Canvass - The People for Lincoln ; the Apportionment for Douglas - Public Opinion .............. 141 CHAPTER XII . Mr. Lincoln in Ohio - His Speech at Columbus - Denial of the Negro Suffrage Charge Troubles of Douglas with ...
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... results , as it was expected to be in Illinois , was not without its excellent fruits , ultimately , to the party ... result , in the nation at large , of this canvass of 1844. He felt it more keenly than he could have done if it were ...
... results , as it was expected to be in Illinois , was not without its excellent fruits , ultimately , to the party ... result , in the nation at large , of this canvass of 1844. He felt it more keenly than he could have done if it were ...
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... result , all will concede . Two years later , in 1846 , Mr. Lincoln was induced to accept the Whig nomination for Congress in the Sangamon District . The annexation of Texas had , in the meantime , been con- summated . The Mexican war ...
... result , all will concede . Two years later , in 1846 , Mr. Lincoln was induced to accept the Whig nomination for Congress in the Sangamon District . The annexation of Texas had , in the meantime , been con- summated . The Mexican war ...
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... result accomplished . Mr. Lincoln voted with the minority , in favor of laying this resolution on the table . On the question of adopting the resolution , which was defeated , yet voted for by John Quincy Adams , Ashmun , Vinton , and ...
... result accomplished . Mr. Lincoln voted with the minority , in favor of laying this resolution on the table . On the question of adopting the resolution , which was defeated , yet voted for by John Quincy Adams , Ashmun , Vinton , and ...
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... result of this examination was to make the impression , that , taking for true all the President states as facts , he falls far short of prov- ing his justification ; and that the President would have gone further with his proof , if it ...
... result of this examination was to make the impression , that , taking for true all the President states as facts , he falls far short of prov- ing his justification ; and that the President would have gone further with his proof , if it ...
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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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