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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... thousand inhabitants - only about forty years ago . A few counties only were then organ- * J. B. Dillon . † Early Indiana Trials and Sketches . Reminiscences by Hon . O. H. Smith , page 285 . ized . The whole middle , north , and north ...
... thousand inhabitants - only about forty years ago . A few counties only were then organ- * J. B. Dillon . † Early Indiana Trials and Sketches . Reminiscences by Hon . O. H. Smith , page 285 . ized . The whole middle , north , and north ...
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... thousand rails * -the crowning work of a long laborious period of his life . The hand who aided him in this exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , bears earnest testimony to the strength and skill with with ...
... thousand rails * -the crowning work of a long laborious period of his life . The hand who aided him in this exploit , named John Hanks , a distant relative of his mother , bears earnest testimony to the strength and skill with with ...
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... thousand new volunteers , to assemble at Beardstown and Hennepin . In accordance with the wishes of Lincoln , and others , who were still ready to bear their share of the campaign , to its close , the Governor also asked for the ...
... thousand new volunteers , to assemble at Beardstown and Hennepin . In accordance with the wishes of Lincoln , and others , who were still ready to bear their share of the campaign , to its close , the Governor also asked for the ...
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... and five hun- dred thousand dollars , was incorporated , and the Illinois bank at Shawneetown , which had suspended for twelve years , was re - chartered , with a capital of three hundred 52 22 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... and five hun- dred thousand dollars , was incorporated , and the Illinois bank at Shawneetown , which had suspended for twelve years , was re - chartered , with a capital of three hundred 52 22 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
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... thousand dollars . It is to be noticed , however , that this bank legislation , just like that of many other States , similarly circumstanced , while it fully indorsed the Whig policy , in its fundamental principle , was by no means so ...
... thousand dollars . It is to be noticed , however , that this bank legislation , just like that of many other States , similarly circumstanced , while it fully indorsed the Whig policy , in its fundamental principle , was by no means so ...
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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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