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... thousand strong , was such as made the little excitement at Charleston seem insignificant , " Halstead observed . Fortunate indeed for Abraham Lincoln that some Sewardites just then cared more for supper than for Seward . Thurlow Weed's ...
... thousand strong , was such as made the little excitement at Charleston seem insignificant , " Halstead observed . Fortunate indeed for Abraham Lincoln that some Sewardites just then cared more for supper than for Seward . Thurlow Weed's ...
Page 278
... thousand limber - lunged Chicagoans , ready to roar for " Old Abe . " 2 These had packed in with the help of those counterfeit tickets — a trick ( in Whitney's phrase ) " known only to wicked Chicago . " Weed's thousand had to stay ...
... thousand limber - lunged Chicagoans , ready to roar for " Old Abe . " 2 These had packed in with the help of those counterfeit tickets — a trick ( in Whitney's phrase ) " known only to wicked Chicago . " Weed's thousand had to stay ...
Page 325
... thousand copies.1 Readers accustomed to modern campaign expenditures may well be astounded at the small amount of ... thousands of torches , oilcloth uniforms and caps for Wide - Awake clubs , had to be met at campaign headquarters ...
... thousand copies.1 Readers accustomed to modern campaign expenditures may well be astounded at the small amount of ... thousands of torches , oilcloth uniforms and caps for Wide - Awake clubs , had to be met at campaign headquarters ...
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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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