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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... Congress of 1791 , have decided upon their oaths that such a Bank is consti- tutional . We have also shown that the votes of Congress have more often been in favor of , than against its constitutionality . In addition to all this , we ...
... Congress of 1791 , have decided upon their oaths that such a Bank is consti- tutional . We have also shown that the votes of Congress have more often been in favor of , than against its constitutionality . In addition to all this , we ...
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... Congress without yeas and nays . In that Congress were three of the " thirty - nine " who framed the original Constitution . They were John Langdon , George Read and Abraham Baldwin . They all , probably , voted for it . Certainly they ...
... Congress without yeas and nays . In that Congress were three of the " thirty - nine " who framed the original Constitution . They were John Langdon , George Read and Abraham Baldwin . They all , probably , voted for it . Certainly they ...
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... CONGRESS - December 3 , 1861. Original , Division of Manuscripts , The Library of Congress , and for missing pages Congressional Globe , Appendix , Thirty - Seventh Congress , Second Session LETTER TO MRS . SUSANNAH WEATHERS - December ...
... CONGRESS - December 3 , 1861. Original , Division of Manuscripts , The Library of Congress , and for missing pages Congressional Globe , Appendix , Thirty - Seventh Congress , Second Session LETTER TO MRS . SUSANNAH WEATHERS - December ...
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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