Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... COURT ..139 CHAPTER XIII . -- THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION ANOTHER DEMO- CRATIC SCHISM - LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR SEN- ATOR " HOUSE - DIVIDED " SPEECH .. .156 CHAPTER XIV . PAGE THE LINCOLN - DOUGLAS DEBATE .. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
... COURT ..139 CHAPTER XIII . -- THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION ANOTHER DEMO- CRATIC SCHISM - LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR SEN- ATOR " HOUSE - DIVIDED " SPEECH .. .156 CHAPTER XIV . PAGE THE LINCOLN - DOUGLAS DEBATE .. viii TABLE OF CONTENTS .
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... court , who knew him during his residence in Elizabethtown , said more than fifty years afterward : " He was a hale , hearty - looking man , of medium height , rather clumsy in his gait , and had a kind - looking face . He was a ...
... court , who knew him during his residence in Elizabethtown , said more than fifty years afterward : " He was a hale , hearty - looking man , of medium height , rather clumsy in his gait , and had a kind - looking face . He was a ...
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... court of Hardin County , said of this courtship and marriage : " I was born in this town on the 14th of August , 1795 , and have a good memory of persons and things as they existed in ' auld lang syne . ' I knew Thomas Lincoln well ...
... court of Hardin County , said of this courtship and marriage : " I was born in this town on the 14th of August , 1795 , and have a good memory of persons and things as they existed in ' auld lang syne . ' I knew Thomas Lincoln well ...
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... courts at Gentryville , and he would walk the long distance to the county court - house to witness a more stately trial . In 1825 he was employed for some months by a farmer and ferryman at the mouth of Anderson's Creek . This brought ...
... courts at Gentryville , and he would walk the long distance to the county court - house to witness a more stately trial . In 1825 he was employed for some months by a farmer and ferryman at the mouth of Anderson's Creek . This brought ...
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... court - house on their shoulders . So deep an impression did this first speech make upon me that I remember its conclusion now . Said he " The gen- tleman commenced his speech by saying that this young man will have to be taken down ...
... court - house on their shoulders . So deep an impression did this first speech make upon me that I remember its conclusion now . Said he " The gen- tleman commenced his speech by saying that this young man will have to be taken down ...
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