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 203
... President Van Buren , have taken this same view , as I understand them ; and I adhered to it and acted upon it , until since I took my seat here ; and I think I should still adhere to it , were it not that the President and his friends ...
... President Van Buren , have taken this same view , as I understand them ; and I adhered to it and acted upon it , until since I took my seat here ; and I think I should still adhere to it , were it not that the President and his friends ...
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... President's evidence ; and it is a singular fact , that if any one should declare the President sent the army into the midst of a settlement of Mexican people , who had never submitted , by consent or by force to the authority of Texas ...
... President's evidence ; and it is a singular fact , that if any one should declare the President sent the army into the midst of a settlement of Mexican people , who had never submitted , by consent or by force to the authority of Texas ...
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... president , Gen. Harrison , died , by which Mr. Tyler , the Vice - President & a slave state man , became president . Mr. Mangum , another slave - state man , was placed in the Vice Presidential chair , served out the term , and no fuss ...
... president , Gen. Harrison , died , by which Mr. Tyler , the Vice - President & a slave state man , became president . Mr. Mangum , another slave - state man , was placed in the Vice Presidential chair , served out the term , and no fuss ...
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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