Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Distinguished Men of His TimeAllen Thorndike Rice |
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... WAR DEPARTMENT First Sight of Lincoln - How he Received Political Friends No Lack of Dignity in the Man - An Inflexi- ble Public Servant - Sincerity toward his Cabinet- Down in the Wilderness Profound Sagacity of the President - The ...
... WAR DEPARTMENT First Sight of Lincoln - How he Received Political Friends No Lack of Dignity in the Man - An Inflexi- ble Public Servant - Sincerity toward his Cabinet- Down in the Wilderness Profound Sagacity of the President - The ...
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... War Department illustrates this habit . Every one knows that Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet was chosen chiefly from his rivals for the Presiden tial nomination , and from considerations largely political . But the exigencies of the war demanded ...
... War Department illustrates this habit . Every one knows that Mr. Lincoln's Cabinet was chosen chiefly from his rivals for the Presiden tial nomination , and from considerations largely political . But the exigencies of the war demanded ...
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... war brought to him for relief , and no bruised heart ever came to him to ... office with a note from a friend , asking me to assist her in obtaining an ... Department issued a peremptory order requiring all absent officers to rejoin ...
... war brought to him for relief , and no bruised heart ever came to him to ... office with a note from a friend , asking me to assist her in obtaining an ... Department issued a peremptory order requiring all absent officers to rejoin ...
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... War Department , saw the Sec- retary , who rebuked her for troubling the President , and dismissed her somewhat curtly . As it hap- pened , on her way down the War Department stairs , her hopes chilled by the Secretary's abrupt manner ...
... War Department , saw the Sec- retary , who rebuked her for troubling the President , and dismissed her somewhat curtly . As it hap- pened , on her way down the War Department stairs , her hopes chilled by the Secretary's abrupt manner ...
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... War Department . Lincoln , however , had the highest opinion of Stan- ton , and their relations were always most ... office of the Secretary , Mr. Lovejoy explained the scheme , as he had done before to the President , but was met by a ...
... War Department . Lincoln , however , had the highest opinion of Stan- ton , and their relations were always most ... office of the Secretary , Mr. Lovejoy explained the scheme , as he had done before to the President , but was met by a ...
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