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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... opinion in such matters must , of course , be recognized . In retrospect , the editor's opinion of Nicolay and Hay is con- siderably mellowed by his own experience . Their task and accom- plishment were immense . Their editorial ...
... opinion in such matters must , of course , be recognized . In retrospect , the editor's opinion of Nicolay and Hay is con- siderably mellowed by his own experience . Their task and accom- plishment were immense . Their editorial ...
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... opinion only ; and my opinion is that it would not ; but as your opinion seems to be different , let us call in some others as umpire . There are in this H. R. some more than forty members who sup- port Genl . Taylor for the Presidency ...
... opinion only ; and my opinion is that it would not ; but as your opinion seems to be different , let us call in some others as umpire . There are in this H. R. some more than forty members who sup- port Genl . Taylor for the Presidency ...
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... opinion of Jefferson , Hamilton , and Edmund Randolph , they then being respectively Secretary of State , Secre- tary of the Treasury , and Attorney - General . Hamilton's opinion was for the power ; while Randolph's and Jefferson's ...
... opinion of Jefferson , Hamilton , and Edmund Randolph , they then being respectively Secretary of State , Secre- tary of the Treasury , and Attorney - General . Hamilton's opinion was for the power ; while Randolph's and Jefferson's ...
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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