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 547
... Kentucky , and after many years died there , whence his descend- ants went to Missouri . Abraham , grandfather of the subject of this sketch , came to Kentucky , and was killed by Indians about the year 1784. He left a widow , three ...
... Kentucky , and after many years died there , whence his descend- ants went to Missouri . Abraham , grandfather of the subject of this sketch , came to Kentucky , and was killed by Indians about the year 1784. He left a widow , three ...
Page 548
... Kentucky , he and his sister were sent , for short periods , to A B C schools , the first kept by Zachariah Riney , and the second by Caleb Hazel . At this time his father resided on Knob Creek , on the road from Bardstown , Kentucky ...
... Kentucky , he and his sister were sent , for short periods , to A B C schools , the first kept by Zachariah Riney , and the second by Caleb Hazel . At this time his father resided on Knob Creek , on the road from Bardstown , Kentucky ...
Page 614
... Kentucky would be turned against us . I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game . Ken- tucky gone , we can not hold Missouri , nor , as I think , Maryland . These all against us , and the job on our hands is ...
... Kentucky would be turned against us . I think to lose Kentucky is nearly the same as to lose the whole game . Ken- tucky gone , we can not hold Missouri , nor , as I think , Maryland . These all against us , and the job on our hands is ...
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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