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... delegates perhaps could not read . Nor would many delegates take time to go through that wordy tome . But even if they did read the book , finding there proof of high political genius , delegates could not vote for Lincoln if their ...
... delegates perhaps could not read . Nor would many delegates take time to go through that wordy tome . But even if they did read the book , finding there proof of high political genius , delegates could not vote for Lincoln if their ...
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... delegates was ironed out , thanks to the intervention of the brilliant New York lawyer , William M. Evarts , floor leader of the Seward forces . Gossip said that Evarts would occupy Seward's Senate seat after the Auburn statesman had ...
... delegates was ironed out , thanks to the intervention of the brilliant New York lawyer , William M. Evarts , floor leader of the Seward forces . Gossip said that Evarts would occupy Seward's Senate seat after the Auburn statesman had ...
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... delegate put a word in . " I am in favor of less talk and more work . [ " Good , good , " " no more speeches now . " ] " Resolutions referring back to committee the question of admitting the challenged delegates were presented , voted ...
... delegate put a word in . " I am in favor of less talk and more work . [ " Good , good , " " no more speeches now . " ] " Resolutions referring back to committee the question of admitting the challenged delegates were presented , voted ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Lincoln's Rise to Power: With Illustrations |
| Author | William Eldon Baringer |
| Publisher | Little, Brown and Company, 1937 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 2 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 373 pages |
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