The Library of Historic Characters and Famous Events of All Nations and All Ages, Volume 8Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton F. Finley & Company, 1895 - Biography |
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... soon followed , but owing to Lincoln's moody melancholy the marriage did not take place until November 4 , 1842. Their first residence in Springfield was in the Globe Tavern , but afterward a modest mansion was purchased , in which they ...
... soon followed , but owing to Lincoln's moody melancholy the marriage did not take place until November 4 , 1842. Their first residence in Springfield was in the Globe Tavern , but afterward a modest mansion was purchased , in which they ...
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... soon compelled to surrender . Civil war being thus commenced , President Lincoln sum- moned 75,000 State militia , for three months ' service , and ordered the enlargement of the regular army to 65,000 men . The first troops from the ...
... soon compelled to surrender . Civil war being thus commenced , President Lincoln sum- moned 75,000 State militia , for three months ' service , and ordered the enlargement of the regular army to 65,000 men . The first troops from the ...
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... soon as he arrived , prevented , at least , further hostile steps . But in November Captain Wilkes , of the U. S. sloop - of - war " San Jacinto , " stopped on the high seas the English mail steamship " Trent , " and took from on board ...
... soon as he arrived , prevented , at least , further hostile steps . But in November Captain Wilkes , of the U. S. sloop - of - war " San Jacinto , " stopped on the high seas the English mail steamship " Trent , " and took from on board ...
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... soon as the campaign opened the Con- federates were driven from Richmond , and Lincoln , in April , entered the city which had been for nearly four years the Con- federate capital . Under his direction most liberal terms were offered to ...
... soon as the campaign opened the Con- federates were driven from Richmond , and Lincoln , in April , entered the city which had been for nearly four years the Con- federate capital . Under his direction most liberal terms were offered to ...
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... Grant , who emigrated from Dorsetshire , England , to Massachusetts in 1630 , but soon settled at Windsor , Connecticut . Thence the family removed to Western Pennsylvania , and Jesse Grant settled on the north bank of the Ohio River ,. 57.
... Grant , who emigrated from Dorsetshire , England , to Massachusetts in 1630 , but soon settled at Windsor , Connecticut . Thence the family removed to Western Pennsylvania , and Jesse Grant settled on the north bank of the Ohio River ,. 57.
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