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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... Territories not States - Doctrines of the Fathers - His Cincinnati Speech- " Shooting Over the Line " -What the Republicans Mean to Do - Plain Questions to the Democracy- The People Above Courts and Congress - Uniting the Opposition ...
... Territories not States - Doctrines of the Fathers - His Cincinnati Speech- " Shooting Over the Line " -What the Republicans Mean to Do - Plain Questions to the Democracy- The People Above Courts and Congress - Uniting the Opposition ...
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... territory and place of meeting for the tribes , both of the North and the South , and here , before and after this date , there were many exciting adventures and deadly conflicts with . these savages , whose favorite haunts had been ...
... territory and place of meeting for the tribes , both of the North and the South , and here , before and after this date , there were many exciting adventures and deadly conflicts with . these savages , whose favorite haunts had been ...
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... Territory , having been originally united under the same government with Illinois , after the admission of Ohio as a State , " the first - born of the great North - west , " in 1802. A separate territorial organization was made for each ...
... Territory , having been originally united under the same government with Illinois , after the admission of Ohio as a State , " the first - born of the great North - west , " in 1802. A separate territorial organization was made for each ...
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... territorial capital , and with the surrounding country , had been occupied by French emigrants , many years before the ... Territory during the three years next preceding 1816. It was but natural , therefore , that emigration should be ...
... territorial capital , and with the surrounding country , had been occupied by French emigrants , many years before the ... Territory during the three years next preceding 1816. It was but natural , therefore , that emigration should be ...
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... territory , north - west of the Ohio river , were brought under a territorial government , as wide in its local scope as it was apparently insignificant in the extent of its population and power . Time speedily demonstrated the error of ...
... territory , north - west of the Ohio river , were brought under a territorial government , as wide in its local scope as it was apparently insignificant in the extent of its population and power . Time speedily demonstrated the error 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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