Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... Democrat , who was re - elected ; for John ( “ Jack ” ) Armstrong for Constable ; and for Boling Green , later his warm friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were elected . Armstrong , as the champion wrestler , was soon after put ...
... Democrat , who was re - elected ; for John ( “ Jack ” ) Armstrong for Constable ; and for Boling Green , later his warm friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were elected . Armstrong , as the champion wrestler , was soon after put ...
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... Democratic Surveyor of Sangamon County , invited him to become his deputy , and put him in the way of the needed instruction . After a few weeks ' study of Flint and Gibson he became a competent surveyor , and for the next two or three ...
... Democratic Surveyor of Sangamon County , invited him to become his deputy , and put him in the way of the needed instruction . After a few weeks ' study of Flint and Gibson he became a competent surveyor , and for the next two or three ...
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... Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations . Illinois , it was claimed , only needed liberal ...
... Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations . Illinois , it was claimed , only needed liberal ...
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... Democratic candidate , was opposed by a faction of the party , who supported Sen- ator White , of Tennessee , - a former personal friend of Jackson , but now alienated , and with such success that the latter had the chagrin of seeing ...
... Democratic candidate , was opposed by a faction of the party , who supported Sen- ator White , of Tennessee , - a former personal friend of Jackson , but now alienated , and with such success that the latter had the chagrin of seeing ...
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... Democrat . Lincoln was a Whig and the leading man upon the ticket . I was then fresh from Kentucky , and had heard many of her great orators . It seemed to me then , as it seems to me now , that I never heard a more effective speaker ...
... Democrat . Lincoln was a Whig and the leading man upon the ticket . I was then fresh from Kentucky , and had heard many of her great orators . It seemed to me then , as it seems to me now , that I never heard a more effective speaker ...
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