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... in Washington County — the place of Richard Berry , in whose family she had
lived as a ward for many years . It appears from The Genealogy of the Hanks
Family * — the best authority known on this subject - that she was born in ...
... in Washington County — the place of Richard Berry , in whose family she had
lived as a ward for many years . It appears from The Genealogy of the Hanks
Family * — the best authority known on this subject - that she was born in ...
Page 11
One of the authorities cited ( Lamon ) would have us believe there were very few
slaves in that part of Kentucky , and no trouble whatever about slavery . A
different story was told by the noted Methodist preacher , Rev . Peter Cartwright , -
a ...
One of the authorities cited ( Lamon ) would have us believe there were very few
slaves in that part of Kentucky , and no trouble whatever about slavery . A
different story was told by the noted Methodist preacher , Rev . Peter Cartwright , -
a ...
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When the real issue came , and a positive assertion of authority was demanded ,
Lincoln maintained his supremacy fully as much , it would seem , by his qualities
as a man as by virtue of his office . One instance deserves to be specially ...
When the real issue came , and a positive assertion of authority was demanded ,
Lincoln maintained his supremacy fully as much , it would seem , by his qualities
as a man as by virtue of his office . One instance deserves to be specially ...
Page 59
... Speed , who gave the substance of this account from his own knowledge , it
appears that Lincoln started , cudgel in hand , under an impulse to clear the way
to the polls by force . The other ancident also rests on the authority of Mr . Speed .
... Speed , who gave the substance of this account from his own knowledge , it
appears that Lincoln started , cudgel in hand , under an impulse to clear the way
to the polls by force . The other ancident also rests on the authority of Mr . Speed .
Page 102
Many years after their later association in more important affairs was ended , it
was told , no doubt on the authority of Mr . Seward , that in conversing together on
that evening in Boston when the speaking was over , Lincoln remarked : “ I have
...
Many years after their later association in more important affairs was ended , it
was told , no doubt on the authority of Mr . Seward , that in conversing together on
that evening in Boston when the speaking was over , Lincoln remarked : “ I have
...
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| Title | Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1 Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Author | Joseph Hartwell Barrett |
| Publisher | Robert Clarke Company, 1904 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Sep 2008 |
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