Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... sent to a newspaper editor , who published them . 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 ...
... sent to a newspaper editor , who published them . 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 ...
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... sent to Congress from the Galena district . Clay had a clear field this year for the Presidential nomination . The friends of ex - President Van Buren had been hoping for a like unanimity in his favor on the Democratic side . He made a ...
... sent to Congress from the Galena district . Clay had a clear field this year for the Presidential nomination . The friends of ex - President Van Buren had been hoping for a like unanimity in his favor on the Democratic side . He made a ...
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... sent a delegation united and unchangeable in their support of Clay . They did not see fit even to appoint Lincoln to a vacancy , though there happened to be two . He was at Philadelphia during the convention , however , and made his ...
... sent a delegation united and unchangeable in their support of Clay . They did not see fit even to appoint Lincoln to a vacancy , though there happened to be two . He was at Philadelphia during the convention , however , and made his ...
Page 98
... sent Marshall , Morrison , Baker , and Hardin ; they all fought , and one fell , and in the fall of that one we lost our best Whig man . In speaking of this , I mean no odious comparison between the lion - hearted Whigs and Democrats ...
... sent Marshall , Morrison , Baker , and Hardin ; they all fought , and one fell , and in the fall of that one we lost our best Whig man . In speaking of this , I mean no odious comparison between the lion - hearted Whigs and Democrats ...
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... sent to both Lincoln and Stanton , as directed by Mr. Manny , whose extensive manufactory of reapers was at Rockford , Illinois ; and both received retainers , with the understanding that they were to prepare to argue the case in court ...
... sent to both Lincoln and Stanton , as directed by Mr. Manny , whose extensive manufactory of reapers was at Rockford , Illinois ; and both received retainers , with the understanding that they were to prepare to argue the case in court ...
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