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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... Senate any information he may recently have received in respect to the mode of collecting , keeping , and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries . " Under this resolution , the Secretary communicated to the Senate a letter , the ...
... Senate any information he may recently have received in respect to the mode of collecting , keeping , and disbursing public moneys in foreign countries . " Under this resolution , the Secretary communicated to the Senate a letter , the ...
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... Senate . In 1807 he was again elected to the Kentucky House of Representa- tives , and by that body , chosen its Speaker . In 1808 he was re- elected to the same body . In 1809 he was again chosen to fill a vacancy of two years in the ...
... Senate . In 1807 he was again elected to the Kentucky House of Representa- tives , and by that body , chosen its Speaker . In 1808 he was re- elected to the same body . In 1809 he was again chosen to fill a vacancy of two years in the ...
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... Senator , who are holding over in districts in which we could , on all reasonable calculation , elect men of our own , if we only had the chance of an election . When we consider that there are but twenty - five Senators in the Senate ...
... Senator , who are holding over in districts in which we could , on all reasonable calculation , elect men of our own , if we only had the chance of an election . When we consider that there are but twenty - five Senators in the Senate ...
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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