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Page 17
He was not slow to present himself before her , when the following courtship
occurred . He said to her : “ ' I am a lone man , and you are a lone woman . I have
knowed you from a girl , and you have knowed me from a boy ; and I have come
all ...
He was not slow to present himself before her , when the following courtship
occurred . He said to her : “ ' I am a lone man , and you are a lone woman . I have
knowed you from a girl , and you have knowed me from a boy ; and I have come
all ...
Page 23
An old and yellowed manuscript agreeing substantially with the Gentryville
document , as far as the latter goes , but of greater length , is in possession of the
present writer , to whom it came as a family relic , handed down from generation
to ...
An old and yellowed manuscript agreeing substantially with the Gentryville
document , as far as the latter goes , but of greater length , is in possession of the
present writer , to whom it came as a family relic , handed down from generation
to ...
Page 27
New Salem village was of very recent birth , having less than a score of cheap
buildings , on a bluff overhanging the Sangamon on the west . Two miles north ,
down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS . 27.
New Salem village was of very recent birth , having less than a score of cheap
buildings , on a bluff overhanging the Sangamon on the west . Two miles north ,
down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS . 27.
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down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg , not then existing or even
platted , but which was ere long to absorb the very life - blood of the older
settlement and to become the seat of a new county , Menard . In Lincoln ' s
memory this ...
down the valley , is the present town of Petersburg , not then existing or even
platted , but which was ere long to absorb the very life - blood of the older
settlement and to become the seat of a new county , Menard . In Lincoln ' s
memory this ...
Page 51
Large audiences were present , each of the eight speakers having one night to
himself . The date — January , 1840 , — will sufficiently indicate the general
nature of the discussion . General Harrison had already been nominated at
Harrisburg ...
Large audiences were present , each of the eight speakers having one night to
himself . The date — January , 1840 , — will sufficiently indicate the general
nature of the discussion . General Harrison had already been nominated at
Harrisburg ...
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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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