Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... friends with whom he had been on intimate terms for more than twenty years ; and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files and legislative journals in the Illinois State library for biographic material . He told me of his ...
... friends with whom he had been on intimate terms for more than twenty years ; and put me in the way of exploring newspaper files and legislative journals in the Illinois State library for biographic material . He told me of his ...
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... Friends , was a man of good condi- tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three hundred acres of land in New Jersey , derived from the latter's maternal grandfather , Richard ...
... Friends , was a man of good condi- tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three hundred acres of land in New Jersey , derived from the latter's maternal grandfather , Richard ...
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... friend in Mr. Jones , who lent him newspapers , and occasionally gave him something to do . At huskings and merry - makings he was not only noticeable for his figure , ― very tall for his years , lank and sallow - faced , ― but also for ...
... friend in Mr. Jones , who lent him newspapers , and occasionally gave him something to do . At huskings and merry - makings he was not only noticeable for his figure , ― very tall for his years , lank and sallow - faced , ― but also for ...
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... friend , John Hanks , who had gone to the Sangamon River country , in Illinois , Thomas Lincoln determined to fol- low him . The boards went to another farmer of the Gentryville neighborhood and made the Crawford house famous . What ...
... friend , John Hanks , who had gone to the Sangamon River country , in Illinois , Thomas Lincoln determined to fol- low him . The boards went to another farmer of the Gentryville neighborhood and made the Crawford house famous . What ...
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... friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were elected . Armstrong , as the champion wrestler , was soon after put forward to test the value of Offutt's brag- ging over the athletic powers of his clerk . Lincoln accepted the challenge of ...
... friend , for Magistrate . Both the last were elected . Armstrong , as the champion wrestler , was soon after put forward to test the value of Offutt's brag- ging over the athletic powers of his clerk . Lincoln accepted the challenge of ...
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