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... Seward , but had no presenti- ment that the choice of the 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 ...
... Seward , but had no presenti- ment that the choice of the 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 ...
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... Seward ( not as yet a Senator ) at Albany . Lincoln wrote letters to a num- ber of personal friends in Illinois , seeking to bring them over to his side . It has been continually asserted that he was himself a member of the Philadelphia ...
... Seward ( not as yet a Senator ) at Albany . Lincoln wrote letters to a num- ber of personal friends in Illinois , seeking to bring them over to his side . It has been continually asserted that he was himself a member of the Philadelphia ...
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... Seward in Boston - Fails to Receive a Federal Appoint- ment - Whig Candidate for Senator . 66 Congress , remaining in session until nearly the end of summer , gave much of its time to what were properly campaign speeches . " In this ...
... Seward in Boston - Fails to Receive a Federal Appoint- ment - Whig Candidate for Senator . 66 Congress , remaining in session until nearly the end of summer , gave much of its time to what were properly campaign speeches . " In this ...
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... Seward , who preceded him . This was almost certainly the first time these two speakers ever met . Seward had as yet seen no Con- gressional service , though he had twice been elected Governor of New York . In the February following ...
... Seward , who preceded him . This was almost certainly the first time these two speakers ever met . Seward had as yet seen no Con- gressional service , though he had twice been elected Governor of New York . In the February following ...
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... Seward , that in conversing together on that evening in Boston when the speaking was over , Lincoln remarked : " I have been thinking over what you have said . I reckon you're right . We have got to deal with this slavery question , and ...
... Seward , that in conversing together on that evening in Boston when the speaking was over , Lincoln remarked : " I have been thinking over what you have said . I reckon you're right . We have got to deal with this slavery question , and ...
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