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While preparing to add a second part to the biography , for the canvass of 1864 ,
access was given me to the needed official papers . With permission , copies
were made of valuable documents , not all of which were then used , including ...
While preparing to add a second part to the biography , for the canvass of 1864 ,
access was given me to the needed official papers . With permission , copies
were made of valuable documents , not all of which were then used , including ...
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A reproduction of Halpin ' s engraving of the portrait of Lincoln by F . B .
Carpenter serves as frontispiece to the first volume , with the artist ' s approval ,
given ( March 27 , 1900 ) a few weeks before his decease . Of the original
painting ...
A reproduction of Halpin ' s engraving of the portrait of Lincoln by F . B .
Carpenter serves as frontispiece to the first volume , with the artist ' s approval ,
given ( March 27 , 1900 ) a few weeks before his decease . Of the original
painting ...
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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 ; and withal
one of those ...
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 ; and withal
one of those ...
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When the bed was by chance or refinement elevated above the floor and 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 ...
When the bed was by chance or refinement elevated above the floor and 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 ...
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He was much 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 .
He was much 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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| 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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