Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... North Carolina , John Lincoln settled in the Upper Shenandoah Valley , where * The preacher in question , of whom Franklin writes in his autobiography without giving his name , was the Rev. Jedidiah Andrews . he bought six hundred acres ...
... North Carolina , John Lincoln settled in the Upper Shenandoah Valley , where * The preacher in question , of whom Franklin writes in his autobiography without giving his name , was the Rev. Jedidiah Andrews . he bought six hundred acres ...
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... north of the Ohio to new settlers on credit . There were serious troubles , too , about land titles in Kentucky ; nor was its labor system kind to people who labored . Slavery was now firmly established there , and the man of small ...
... north of the Ohio to new settlers on credit . There were serious troubles , too , about land titles in Kentucky ; nor was its labor system kind to people who labored . Slavery was now firmly established there , and the man of small ...
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... village was of very recent birth , having less than a score of cheap buildings , on a bluff over- hanging the Sangamon on the west . Two miles north , down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS . 27.
... village was of very recent birth , having less than a score of cheap buildings , on a bluff over- hanging the Sangamon on the west . Two miles north , down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS . 27.
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... north- wardly to Oquawka , about eighty miles distant on the Mississippi , and thence into the Rock River valley , they advanced to Prophetstown , which was burnt , and con- tinued as far as Dixon's Ferry without overtaking the flying ...
... north- wardly to Oquawka , about eighty miles distant on the Mississippi , and thence into the Rock River valley , they advanced to Prophetstown , which was burnt , and con- tinued as far as Dixon's Ferry without overtaking the flying ...
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... North and the South . " For two years , he adds , the Wilmot Proviso " convulsed the Union . " The Senate rejected the proviso , and the Two Mil- lion bill fell in the fight . The question remained as an inheritance to the Thirtieth ...
... North and the South . " For two years , he adds , the Wilmot Proviso " convulsed the Union . " The Senate rejected the proviso , and the Two Mil- lion bill fell in the fight . The question remained as an inheritance to the Thirtieth ...
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