Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... given me to the needed official papers . With permission , copies were made of valuable . documents , not all of which were then used , including autograph letters and papers of the President , General Scott , and General McClellan ...
... given me to the needed official papers . With permission , copies were made of valuable . documents , not all of which were then used , including autograph letters and papers of the President , General Scott , and General McClellan ...
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... given ( March 27 , 1900 ) a few weeks before his decease . Of the orig- inal painting , President Lincoln said : " I feel that there is more of me in this portrait than in any representation which has ever been made . " Chief Justice ...
... given ( March 27 , 1900 ) a few weeks before his decease . Of the orig- inal painting , President Lincoln said : " I feel that there is more of me in this portrait than in any representation which has ever been made . " Chief Justice ...
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Joseph Hartwell Barrett. name legibly , as proved by his signature to the bond given on procuring his marriage license . He was a religious man , with human limitations ; companionable , having a store of shrewd maxims and apt stories ...
Joseph Hartwell Barrett. name legibly , as proved by his signature to the bond given on procuring his marriage license . He was a religious man , with human limitations ; companionable , having a store of shrewd maxims and apt stories ...
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... given a fixed place , it was often laid on slabs placed across poles supported on forks set in the earthen floor ; or where the floor was puncheons , the bedstead was hewed pieces pinned on upright posts or let into them by auger ...
... given a fixed place , it was often laid on slabs placed across poles supported on forks set in the earthen floor ; or where the floor was puncheons , the bedstead was hewed pieces pinned on upright posts or let into them by auger ...
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... given to reading when he could get a book and a chance - sometimes by day in the open air , more commonly at night by the light of an open fire or of a tallow dip or taper in his loft . 22 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... given to reading when he could get a book and a chance - sometimes by day in the open air , more commonly at night by the light of an open fire or of a tallow dip or taper in his loft . 22 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
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