Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... live with Mrs. Berry , her mother's sister . This definite account of the parentage * MS . , compiled by Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock , of Cam- bridge , Mass . , to whom thanks are due for information kindly fur- nished to the author ...
... live with Mrs. Berry , her mother's sister . This definite account of the parentage * MS . , compiled by Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock , of Cam- bridge , Mass . , to whom thanks are due for information kindly fur- nished to the author ...
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... live in another part of the county , occupying land in Nolin Creek valley , near " Hodgen's Mills " bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock Spring Farm . Here , in a log cabin , their son Abraham was born on Sunday ...
... live in another part of the county , occupying land in Nolin Creek valley , near " Hodgen's Mills " bought before their marriage , and known to - day as Rock Spring Farm . Here , in a log cabin , their son Abraham was born on Sunday ...
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... 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 ( or in igno- rance of it ) a Boston biographer has scornfully affirmed that " whatever poetic fitness ...
... 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 ( or in igno- rance of it ) a Boston biographer has scornfully affirmed that " whatever poetic fitness ...
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... live under hard conditions , that improved but slowly at the best . A prolonged contest - with the pitiless elements , with resisting nature , often with the unrelenting savage , - alone made the building of our republic possible . The ...
... live under hard conditions , that improved but slowly at the best . A prolonged contest - with the pitiless elements , with resisting nature , often with the unrelenting savage , - alone made the building of our republic possible . The ...
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... live here until the 2d of December , 1819. Thomas Lin- coln returned to this place on the 1st day of Decem- ber , and inquired for the residence of Widow Johnston . She lived near the clerk's office . I was the clerk , and informed him ...
... live here until the 2d of December , 1819. Thomas Lin- coln returned to this place on the 1st day of Decem- ber , and inquired for the residence of Widow Johnston . She lived near the clerk's office . I was the clerk , and informed him ...
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