Abraham LincolnThis volume presents nearly 250 of Lincoln's most important speeches, state papers and letters in their entirety. Here are not only the masterpieces- the Gettysburg Address, the Inaugural Addresses, the 1858 Republican State Convention Speech and the Emancipation Proclamation - but hundreds of lesser-known ones, including excerpts from the Lincoln-Douglas debates, letters to Grant, McClellan, Stanton and his wife, and various meditations, verses and fragments. |
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Page 172
... Beardstown paper takes no stand that may injure my chance , unless the conductor really prefers Genl . Hardin , in which case , suppose it would be fair . I Let this be confidential , and please write me in a few days . Yours as ever A ...
... Beardstown paper takes no stand that may injure my chance , unless the conductor really prefers Genl . Hardin , in which case , suppose it would be fair . I Let this be confidential , and please write me in a few days . Yours as ever A ...
Page 182
... Beardstown road ; then Fisher is sent home on foot , and arrangements made with the girl to meet him in the timber . When he departed from home he took that direction , and the girl being un- able to escape the vigilance of the Captain ...
... Beardstown road ; then Fisher is sent home on foot , and arrangements made with the girl to meet him in the timber . When he departed from home he took that direction , and the girl being un- able to escape the vigilance of the Captain ...
Page 337
... Beardstown , Cass County , Illinois , for the Illinois Supreme Court file records that he was admitted to the Bar from Cass County , July 30 , 1857. That he followed Lincoln's advice and studied with Lincoln's old friend Henry Dummer ...
... Beardstown , Cass County , Illinois , for the Illinois Supreme Court file records that he was admitted to the Bar from Cass County , July 30 , 1857. That he followed Lincoln's advice and studied with Lincoln's old friend Henry Dummer ...
Contents
Speech in the United States House | 27 |
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Copyright | |
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