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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... side in Congress -The " Radical " Movement . - Recapitulation of the Administration Policy in regard to Virginia and Missouri . - Mr . Lincoln's Method with the Insurrectionary States . - Gen . Fremont's Military Administration in ...
... side in Congress -The " Radical " Movement . - Recapitulation of the Administration Policy in regard to Virginia and Missouri . - Mr . Lincoln's Method with the Insurrectionary States . - Gen . Fremont's Military Administration in ...
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... side of the Atlantic , and not beyond . Some of the same traits appear conspicuously in both these family groups . One tradition indeed affirms that the Pennsylvania branch was transplanted from Hingham , Massa- chusetts , and was ...
... side of the Atlantic , and not beyond . Some of the same traits appear conspicuously in both these family groups . One tradition indeed affirms that the Pennsylvania branch was transplanted from Hingham , Massa- chusetts , and was ...
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... side of the river , running south 200 poles , then up the river for quantity , 11th December , 1782 . " * Yancey's land , as appears from the same book , was on the north side of the " main " Licking Creek , as then designated . The ...
... side of the river , running south 200 poles , then up the river for quantity , 11th December , 1782 . " * Yancey's land , as appears from the same book , was on the north side of the " main " Licking Creek , as then designated . The ...
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... side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek , now the boundary between the counties of Perry and Spencer , about one hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty above Evansville . In ...
... side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek , now the boundary between the counties of Perry and Spencer , about one hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty above Evansville . In ...
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... abstract proposition than as a living reality , deeply affect- ing their own relative interests and the common resources and grandeur of the country . The rapid growth of Kentucky on the one side , 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... abstract proposition than as a living reality , deeply affect- ing their own relative interests and the common resources and grandeur of the country . The rapid growth of Kentucky on the one side , 30 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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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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