Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... Missouri Compromise legislation . The Whigs elected as their speakers Messrs . Logan , Baker , Browning , and Lincoln . The debate took place in the Presbyterian church where the Legislature held its sessions after the capital 50 ...
... Missouri Compromise legislation . The Whigs elected as their speakers Messrs . Logan , Baker , Browning , and Lincoln . The debate took place in the Presbyterian church where the Legislature held its sessions after the capital 50 ...
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... Missouri , within three miles of Alton . Lincoln gave Dr. Merriman the following written state- ment , to be read if Shields should first withdraw his notes : " I did write the ' Lost Township ' letter , which appeared in the Journal of ...
... Missouri , within three miles of Alton . Lincoln gave Dr. Merriman the following written state- ment , to be read if Shields should first withdraw his notes : " I did write the ' Lost Township ' letter , which appeared in the Journal of ...
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... Missouri . Douglas had been re - elected to the House in 1846 ; but at the succeeding session of the Legisla- ture he had been transferred to the Senate , and William A. Richardson had been elected as Representative in his stead . Thus ...
... Missouri . Douglas had been re - elected to the House in 1846 ; but at the succeeding session of the Legisla- ture he had been transferred to the Senate , and William A. Richardson had been elected as Representative in his stead . Thus ...
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... Missouri , or States more remote , was that of Commissioner of the General Land Office , which had been successively held by some of the foremost men in Ohio and Indiana . * General James * Judge John McLean , after serving two terms in ...
... Missouri , or States more remote , was that of Commissioner of the General Land Office , which had been successively held by some of the foremost men in Ohio and Indiana . * General James * Judge John McLean , after serving two terms in ...
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... Missouri con- flict of 1820 : " But this momentous question , like a fire - bell in the night , awakened and filled me with terror . I considered it at once as the knell of the Union . It is hushed , indeed , for the moment . But this ...
... Missouri con- flict of 1820 : " But this momentous question , like a fire - bell in the night , awakened and filled me with terror . I considered it at once as the knell of the Union . It is hushed , indeed , for the moment . But this ...
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