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... great mobility , and its expression varied much . I have seen him often with that
which you have given him . I think it also his best . ” The frontispiece of the
second volume is a photogravure of the daguerreotype taken just after his
nomination ...
... great mobility , and its expression varied much . I have seen him often with that
which you have given him . I think it also his best . ” The frontispiece of the
second volume is a photogravure of the daguerreotype taken just after his
nomination ...
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Mrs . Johnston , formerly Sally Bush ” ( continued the venerable clerk ) “ was tall ,
slender , very good looking , and was taken in those days to be quite a graceful
and gay lady . She was very neat , and thought to have been a good match for ...
Mrs . Johnston , formerly Sally Bush ” ( continued the venerable clerk ) “ was tall ,
slender , very good looking , and was taken in those days to be quite a graceful
and gay lady . She was very neat , and thought to have been a good match for ...
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... in those years ever came to marked distinction . The local gossip of a later
generation and the crude recollections of garrulous Dennis Hanks must not be
taken at their face value , and they seldom touch the things we would most like to
know ...
... in those years ever came to marked distinction . The local gossip of a later
generation and the crude recollections of garrulous Dennis Hanks must not be
taken at their face value , and they seldom touch the things we would most like to
know ...
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President Jackson implored Congress to relieve settlers who had taken lands
under the credit system ; but his voice was unheeded . Many had to sell improved
lands at a loss or to abandon them altogether . And , besides , the Pigeon Creek
...
President Jackson implored Congress to relieve settlers who had taken lands
under the credit system ; but his voice was unheeded . Many had to sell improved
lands at a loss or to abandon them altogether . And , besides , the Pigeon Creek
...
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was hardly needed on any account ; yet they show him to have been at this time
neither a very graceful wooer , nor one who had taken a vow of celibacy at the
grave of another a few months before . Miss Owens was sensible and good ...
was hardly needed on any account ; yet they show him to have been at this time
neither a very graceful wooer , nor one who had taken a vow of celibacy at the
grave of another a few months before . Miss Owens was sensible and good ...
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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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