Lincoln the Hoosier: Abraham Lincoln's Life in IndianaEden Publishing House, 1928 - 258 pages |
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... Edward Lincoln of Hingham , Norfolk County , Eng- land . Samuel Lincoln married a woman whose first name was Martha but whose surname is not known . Samuel and Martha Lincoln had eleven children , the fourth son being Mordecai , born at ...
... Edward Lincoln of Hingham , Norfolk County , Eng- land . Samuel Lincoln married a woman whose first name was Martha but whose surname is not known . Samuel and Martha Lincoln had eleven children , the fourth son being Mordecai , born at ...
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... Edward Carrington Marshall , born 1805 , died 1872. Nancy Hanks , the mother of Abraham Lincoln , was born in 1784. Certainly Nancy Hanks was not the daughter of any of the sons of Chief Justice Marshall as she was a year older than the ...
... Edward Carrington Marshall , born 1805 , died 1872. Nancy Hanks , the mother of Abraham Lincoln , was born in 1784. Certainly Nancy Hanks was not the daughter of any of the sons of Chief Justice Marshall as she was a year older than the ...
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... Edward Eggleston in his The Hoosier Schoolmaster and of Baynard Rush Hall in his New Purchase . Eggleston described the life of the low class of people living along the Ohio River and did it so well and so thor- oughly that even today ...
... Edward Eggleston in his The Hoosier Schoolmaster and of Baynard Rush Hall in his New Purchase . Eggleston described the life of the low class of people living along the Ohio River and did it so well and so thor- oughly that even today ...
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... Edward Murr of New Albany , Indiana . Thanks also to the faithful work of some of the descendants of the pioneers of Southern Indiana of Lincoln's time . One of these is Mrs. Bess Ehrmann of Rockport , Indiana , to whom the author is ...
... Edward Murr of New Albany , Indiana . Thanks also to the faithful work of some of the descendants of the pioneers of Southern Indiana of Lincoln's time . One of these is Mrs. Bess Ehrmann of Rockport , Indiana , to whom the author is ...
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... Edward Maidlow and John Ingle . Of the latter we are told he was " a most intelligent and respectable Hampshire farmer , who brought con- siderable capital and English habits and feelings the best in the world . " 13 John Ingle was a ...
... Edward Maidlow and John Ingle . Of the latter we are told he was " a most intelligent and respectable Hampshire farmer , who brought con- siderable capital and English habits and feelings the best in the world . " 13 John Ingle was a ...
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Page 97 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Page 224 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice : And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.
Page 60 - It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up. There were some schools, so called, but no qualification was ever required of a teacher beyond "readin,' writin', and cipherin'
Page 224 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Page 97 - I can say in return, sir, that all the political sentiments I entertain have been drawn, so far as I have been able to draw them, from the sentiments which originated in and were given to the world from this hall. I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence.
Page 176 - And when the victory shall be complete — when there shall be neither a slave nor a drunkard on the earth — how proud the title of that Land, which may truly claim to be the birthplace and the cradle of both those revolutions, that shall have ended in that victory. How nobly distinguished that people, who shall have planted and nurtured to maturity, both the political and moral freedom of their species.
Page 77 - I had repeated it over and over again, until I had put it in language plain enough, as I thought, for any boy I knew to comprehend.
Page 223 - The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad, of your safety, of your prosperity, of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
Page 223 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 77 - Hut that always disturbed my temper, and has ever since. I can remember going to my little bedroom, after hearing the neighbors talk of an evening with my father, and spending no small part of the night walking up and down, and trying to...