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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... means he could and ask him no questions . In the mean time Osgood , Don Morrison & Trapp of St. Clair had openly gone over from us . With the united Nebraska force , and their recruits , open & covert , it gave Matteson more than enough ...
... means he could and ask him no questions . In the mean time Osgood , Don Morrison & Trapp of St. Clair had openly gone over from us . With the united Nebraska force , and their recruits , open & covert , it gave Matteson more than enough ...
Page 402
... mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Inde- pendence means , and we have him saying that the people of America were equal to the people of England . According to his construction ...
... mean anything at all , we have Judge Douglas giving his exposition of what the Declaration of Inde- pendence means , and we have him saying that the people of America were equal to the people of England . According to his construction ...
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... mean to say that he has been devoting his life to securing to the people of the Territories the right to exclude slavery from the Territories ? If he means so to say , he means to deceive ; because he , and every one knows that the ...
... mean to say that he has been devoting his life to securing to the people of the Territories the right to exclude slavery from the Territories ? If he means so to say , he means to deceive ; because he , and every one knows that the ...
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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