Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... hand - power ) for grinding corn . On one of the latter occasions , when he was in his tenth year , as he said in 1860 , he met with an accident serious enough to be lastingly remembered . When urging his horse , which furnished the ...
... hand - power ) for grinding corn . On one of the latter occasions , when he was in his tenth year , as he said in 1860 , he met with an accident serious enough to be lastingly remembered . When urging his horse , which furnished the ...
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... hand of one he had early known as Sally Bush , now living in widowhood at Elizabethtown . She had married Daniel Johnston , the jailor , who died , leaving three children and little property . Evidently Thomas Lincoln was quite ...
... hand of one he had early known as Sally Bush , now living in widowhood at Elizabethtown . She had married Daniel Johnston , the jailor , who died , leaving three children and little property . Evidently Thomas Lincoln was quite ...
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... hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were hard as ever . President Jackson implored Congress to relieve settlers who had taken lands under the credit system ; but his voice ...
... hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were hard as ever . President Jackson implored Congress to relieve settlers who had taken lands under the credit system ; but his voice ...
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... hands to run a flatboat to New Orleans . " It may not have been quite by chance that he there met one who was entirely competent for the service who had no pre- vious engagement . A bargain was closed with Lin- coln , to be assisted by ...
... hands to run a flatboat to New Orleans . " It may not have been quite by chance that he there met one who was entirely competent for the service who had no pre- vious engagement . A bargain was closed with Lin- coln , to be assisted by ...
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... hand . Ever afterward Lincoln had the respect and good will of these people and a restraining influence over the most refractory spirits . The new store was hardly opened before bustling Offutt also took possession of the mill at the ...
... hand . Ever afterward Lincoln had the respect and good will of these people and a restraining influence over the most refractory spirits . The new store was hardly opened before bustling Offutt also took possession of the mill at the ...
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