Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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... became Vice President of the Confederacy . In the Senate were the renowned Daniel Webster , of New Hampshire ; Simon Cameron , of Pennsylvania ; Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland ; John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , Vice Presi- dent ...
... became Vice President of the Confederacy . In the Senate were the renowned Daniel Webster , of New Hampshire ; Simon Cameron , of Pennsylvania ; Reverdy Johnson , of Maryland ; John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , Vice Presi- dent ...
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... became State's Attorney , member of the legislature , Register of the Land Office , Secretary of State and Judge of the Illinois Supreme Court . Two terms in Congress- 1843-1847 - followed , after which he was elected to the Senate ...
... became State's Attorney , member of the legislature , Register of the Land Office , Secretary of State and Judge of the Illinois Supreme Court . Two terms in Congress- 1843-1847 - followed , after which he was elected to the Senate ...
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... became famous as muralists and illustrators , had their first work shown on the sides of horsecars . Of those vehicles , Henry Collins Brown said : " They swayed wildly and gloriously in a mad race with their rivals . Ever and anon , a ...
... became famous as muralists and illustrators , had their first work shown on the sides of horsecars . Of those vehicles , Henry Collins Brown said : " They swayed wildly and gloriously in a mad race with their rivals . Ever and anon , a ...
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