The War with the South: A History of the Late Rebellion, Volume 1Virture & Yorston., 1862 - United States |
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... field as a surveyor ; and he studied the six books of Euclid after he had served a term in Congress , and when he was forty years of age , amid the pressure of an exten- sive legal practice , and of frequent de- mands upon his time by ...
... field as a surveyor ; and he studied the six books of Euclid after he had served a term in Congress , and when he was forty years of age , amid the pressure of an exten- sive legal practice , and of frequent de- mands upon his time by ...
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... field , which has subsequently been cultivated to such advantage by the fertilizing rhetoric of political orators ... fields and pastures new . " Accordingly , in the spring of 1830 , Thomas Lincoln , with his wife and children ...
... field , which has subsequently been cultivated to such advantage by the fertilizing rhetoric of political orators ... fields and pastures new . " Accordingly , in the spring of 1830 , Thomas Lincoln , with his wife and children ...
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... field com- pass , a chain , and a treatise on surveying . In 1834 , Lincoln was elected a mem- ber of the Legislature of Illinois . Al- though reticent of speech , he by the faithful discharge of his duties , and his personal and ...
... field com- pass , a chain , and a treatise on surveying . In 1834 , Lincoln was elected a mem- ber of the Legislature of Illinois . Al- though reticent of speech , he by the faithful discharge of his duties , and his personal and ...
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... field , when they come to adopt the Constitution , do such an extraordinary thing as to adopt a slave constitution , uninfluenced by the actual presence of the institution among them , I see no alternative , if we own the country , but ...
... field , when they come to adopt the Constitution , do such an extraordinary thing as to adopt a slave constitution , uninfluenced by the actual presence of the institution among them , I see no alternative , if we own the country , but ...
Page 61
... Field- pieces have been placed in position upon the green within the fort , and none of the expedients of military engineering have been neglected to make the posi- tion as strong as possible . It is said that the greatest vigilance is ...
... Field- pieces have been placed in position upon the green within the fort , and none of the expedients of military engineering have been neglected to make the posi- tion as strong as possible . It is said that the greatest vigilance is ...
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