Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... convention would be Abra- ham Lincoln , whom I had then never met . In my first interview with him , soon after the adjournment of the convention ( of which I was a member ) , he earnestly and even sadly insisted that there was no ...
... convention would be Abra- ham Lincoln , whom I had then never met . In my first interview with him , soon after the adjournment of the convention ( of which I was a member ) , he earnestly and even sadly insisted that there was no ...
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... CONVENTION LINCOLN NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT 196 .216 CHAPTER XVII . THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS - A QUADRILATERAL CON- TEST CHAPTER XVIII . .226 SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS A REVOLT - SECESSION TUMULT IN THE GULF STATES - THE President - ELECT ...
... CONVENTION LINCOLN NOMINATED FOR PRESIDENT 196 .216 CHAPTER XVII . THE PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS - A QUADRILATERAL CON- TEST CHAPTER XVIII . .226 SOUTH CAROLINA LEADS A REVOLT - SECESSION TUMULT IN THE GULF STATES - THE President - ELECT ...
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... Convention which framed the first Constitution of Pennsylvania . In this region a generation of Lincolns and Boones grew up together , and the families were allied by mar- riage . Before Daniel Boone removed with his father to the ...
... Convention which framed the first Constitution of Pennsylvania . In this region a generation of Lincolns and Boones grew up together , and the families were allied by mar- riage . Before Daniel Boone removed with his father to the ...
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... convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant , Edward D. Baker ; and when the ...
... convention was called to meet in May ( 1843 ) . His own county had a larger number of delegates than any other , and he had certainly well earned its support . But there was another Springfield aspirant , Edward D. Baker ; and when the ...
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... Convention Unanimous for Clay — Taylor's Nomination- " Free Soil " Party Nominate Van Buren and Adams . The Mexican War was nearly over when Lincoln ( in December , 1847 ) took his seat in Congress . In the preceding February General ...
... Convention Unanimous for Clay — Taylor's Nomination- " Free Soil " Party Nominate Van Buren and Adams . The Mexican War was nearly over when Lincoln ( in December , 1847 ) took his seat in Congress . In the preceding February General ...
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