Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... less in England . On a pillar of the old cathedral of Winchester a small plate of brass , with an engraved inscription , commemorates a martial hero born in " Linkhorne sheire . " * Samuel Lincoln , a native of Norfolk County , Čng ...
... less in England . On a pillar of the old cathedral of Winchester a small plate of brass , with an engraved inscription , commemorates a martial hero born in " Linkhorne sheire . " * Samuel Lincoln , a native of Norfolk County , Čng ...
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... less thrifty than his brothers . Once , before he came to his majority , he went off to find his uncle Isaac in Eastern Tennes- see ; succeeded in his quest ; and worked for a year or more on his uncle's farm . * Later , he was employed ...
... less thrifty than his brothers . Once , before he came to his majority , he went off to find his uncle Isaac in Eastern Tennes- see ; succeeded in his quest ; and worked for a year or more on his uncle's farm . * Later , he was employed ...
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... less chance of rising than of lapsing into the scorner class of poor whites . " Thomas Lincoln chose to live in a free State . That this was one of his motives for a change was explicitly declared by his son . * In spite of this fact ...
... less chance of rising than of lapsing into the scorner class of poor whites . " Thomas Lincoln chose to live in a free State . That this was one of his motives for a change was explicitly declared by his son . * In spite of this fact ...
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... less than a forest at that time . For a small sum he purchased a farm , with two unfinished log cabins , around which the wolves nightly howled . Laying aside the weapons of war , he took himself to hard labor with the axe , the maul ...
... less than a forest at that time . For a small sum he purchased a farm , with two unfinished log cabins , around which the wolves nightly howled . Laying aside the weapons of war , he took himself to hard labor with the axe , the maul ...
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... less one but for the remarkable strength and dexterity of young Lincoln . The murderous looting party - the first of their race with whom he had come in direct con- tact — were beaten off , and the victors made 20 LINCOLN AND HIS ...
... less one but for the remarkable strength and dexterity of young Lincoln . The murderous looting party - the first of their race with whom he had come in direct con- tact — were beaten off , and the victors made 20 LINCOLN AND HIS ...
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