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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Page 15
... soon after removed to what became Washington county , in the same State , and there reared her chil- dren , all of whom reached mature age . One of the daughters was married to a Mr. Crume , and the other to a man named Bromfield . The ...
... soon after removed to what became Washington county , in the same State , and there reared her chil- dren , all of whom reached mature age . One of the daughters was married to a Mr. Crume , and the other to a man named Bromfield . The ...
Page 21
... soon have been lost in the excitements of their journey . It was no novel picture which they presented , for that period , as they advanced on their lonely way , for the days required to bring them to the place whence they were to cross ...
... soon have been lost in the excitements of their journey . It was no novel picture which they presented , for that period , as they advanced on their lonely way , for the days required to bring them to the place whence they were to cross ...
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... soon after comfortably settled in the place to which he had turned his course , and spent the remainder of his adventurous days there , arriving at a good old age . He died in Coles county , on the 17th day of January , 1851 , being in ...
... soon after comfortably settled in the place to which he had turned his course , and spent the remainder of his adventurous days there , arriving at a good old age . He died in Coles county , on the 17th day of January , 1851 , being in ...
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... oldest , was at school at Exeter Academy , in New Hampshire , when Mr. Lincoln was first rominated for the Presidency , and soon after entered Harvard University , where he completed his course in 1864 , 。 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 66.
... oldest , was at school at Exeter Academy , in New Hampshire , when Mr. Lincoln was first rominated for the Presidency , and soon after entered Harvard University , where he completed his course in 1864 , 。 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 66.
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... soon as the company should know that they could get what he he had offered them , and no more — as soon as all hope of greater compensation was cut off - that instant they would not take ten thousand dollars a year for the privilege of ...
... soon as the company should know that they could get what he he had offered them , and no more — as soon as all hope of greater compensation was cut off - that instant they would not take ten thousand dollars a year for the privilege of ...
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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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