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Page 170
... reported the results of some county convention.1 In every case but one , when resolutions were adopted concerning the presidential nomination , Lincoln was enthusiastically endorsed . But in counties far north and far south Lincoln was ...
... reported the results of some county convention.1 In every case but one , when resolutions were adopted concerning the presidential nomination , Lincoln was enthusiastically endorsed . But in counties far north and far south Lincoln was ...
Page 287
... reported . Calculating pencils scratched rapidly , to discover if Lincoln would go over with this ballot . Would Seward's strength in the West hold ? — the breathless , silent crowd wondered . Pencils could be heard scratching and ...
... reported . Calculating pencils scratched rapidly , to discover if Lincoln would go over with this ballot . Would Seward's strength in the West hold ? — the breathless , silent crowd wondered . Pencils could be heard scratching and ...
Page 301
... reported a hundred - gun salute shortly after noon ; bonfires and speeches , " great enthusiasm " in the evening , announced " a grand ratification meeting " for Saturday night . Detroit reported " bonfires and illuminations . " From ...
... reported a hundred - gun salute shortly after noon ; bonfires and speeches , " great enthusiasm " in the evening , announced " a grand ratification meeting " for Saturday night . Detroit reported " bonfires and illuminations . " From ...
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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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