Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... of the " Long Nine . " The first capital , Kaskaskia , was convenient enough , if not quite central , for the small population provided with a territorial government in 1809. On the admission 46 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
... of the " Long Nine . " The first capital , Kaskaskia , was convenient enough , if not quite central , for the small population provided with a territorial government in 1809. On the admission 46 LINCOLN AND HIS PRESIDENCY .
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Joseph Hartwell Barrett. provided with a territorial government in 1809. On the admission of Illinois as a State in 1818 , Vandalia , far up the Kaskaskia River , was laid out as the new seat of government . This was well to the ...
Joseph Hartwell Barrett. provided with a territorial government in 1809. On the admission of Illinois as a State in 1818 , Vandalia , far up the Kaskaskia River , was laid out as the new seat of government . This was well to the ...
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... territory into which the cotton - belt empire could expand . As Lincoln's competitor , the Democrats nomi- nated the Rev. Peter Cartwright , a popular Methodist preacher and presiding elder , who had removed from Kentucky to Illinois ...
... territory into which the cotton - belt empire could expand . As Lincoln's competitor , the Democrats nomi- nated the Rev. Peter Cartwright , a popular Methodist preacher and presiding elder , who had removed from Kentucky to Illinois ...
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... territory in that region depended not on any treaty - fixed boundary ( for no treaty had attempted it ) , but on revolution . Any people anywhere , being inclined and having the power , have the right to rise up and shake off the ...
... territory in that region depended not on any treaty - fixed boundary ( for no treaty had attempted it ) , but on revolution . Any people anywhere , being inclined and having the power , have the right to rise up and shake off the ...
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... territory , and that by far the better half , so far as concerns our ability to make anything out of it . It is comparatively uninhabited , so that we could establish land offices in it , and raise some money in that way . But the other ...
... territory , and that by far the better half , so far as concerns our ability to make anything out of it . It is comparatively uninhabited , so that we could establish land offices in it , and raise some money in that way . But the other ...
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