Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... Chief Justice Chase wrote ( in 1866 ) : " The likeness is very faithful and lifelike . Mr. Lincoln's countenance had great mobility , and its expression varied much . I have seen him often with . that which you have given him . I think ...
... Chief Justice Chase wrote ( in 1866 ) : " The likeness is very faithful and lifelike . Mr. Lincoln's countenance had great mobility , and its expression varied much . I have seen him often with . that which you have given him . I think ...
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... chief town was Staunton , just across the Blue Ridge from Charlottesville , not then boasting of its University or its Jefferson . The next three generations of this family were to differ widely in environment from the three which ...
... chief town was Staunton , just across the Blue Ridge from Charlottesville , not then boasting of its University or its Jefferson . The next three generations of this family were to differ widely in environment from the three which ...
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... chief experience of pioneer life . The subjugators of a continental wilderness had always to begin with a very simple domestic shelter , and to live under hard conditions , that improved but slowly at the best . A prolonged contest ...
... chief experience of pioneer life . The subjugators of a continental wilderness had always to begin with a very simple domestic shelter , and to live under hard conditions , that improved but slowly at the best . A prolonged contest ...
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... chief experience as a " rail - splitter . " The few months that he spent in Macon County are otherwise of little interest , save as to the manner in which the sojourn ended . Afterward he never visited the place , ( near which John ...
... chief experience as a " rail - splitter . " The few months that he spent in Macon County are otherwise of little interest , save as to the manner in which the sojourn ended . Afterward he never visited the place , ( near which John ...
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... chief of the Sacs and Foxes , had when young gone to Iowa with his tribe , under a treaty surrendering lands in the fair and fertile valley of Rock River - a treaty which he person- ally confirmed on coming to the chieftainship . With ...
... chief of the Sacs and Foxes , had when young gone to Iowa with his tribe , under a treaty surrendering lands in the fair and fertile valley of Rock River - a treaty which he person- ally confirmed on coming to the chieftainship . With ...
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