Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... thousand inhabitants , mostly on the southern border , became a State . The quarter section already selected was sixteen miles from the nearest landing on the Ohio , and on this " Fifty Years a Presiding Elder . ” — “ I had been a ...
... thousand inhabitants , mostly on the southern border , became a State . The quarter section already selected was sixteen miles from the nearest landing on the Ohio , and on this " Fifty Years a Presiding Elder . ” — “ I had been a ...
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... thousand volunteers . Elections for the next Congress were to occur this summer and autumn . General Taylor , fast becoming a popular idol , was meanwhile advancing on the far- ther side of the Rio Grande to Camargo , and thence up the ...
... thousand volunteers . Elections for the next Congress were to occur this summer and autumn . General Taylor , fast becoming a popular idol , was meanwhile advancing on the far- ther side of the Rio Grande to Camargo , and thence up the ...
Page 83
... Cartwright was 1,511 , more than one thousand greater than the plurality in the district for the Whig candidate for Governor . - CHAPTER VII . 1847-1848 . In Congress- Mexican War MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
... Cartwright was 1,511 , more than one thousand greater than the plurality in the district for the Whig candidate for Governor . - CHAPTER VII . 1847-1848 . In Congress- Mexican War MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
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... thousand dollars ; I have a little property and owe no debts ; it is perhaps well that I did not get this appointment . I will go home and resume my practice , at which I can make a living — and perhaps some day the people may have use ...
... thousand dollars ; I have a little property and owe no debts ; it is perhaps well that I did not get this appointment . I will go home and resume my practice , at which I can make a living — and perhaps some day the people may have use ...
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... thousand inhabitants , and assuring the world that it was " rapidly growing . " On return- ing from Congress Lincoln was offered a promising partnership there , which he declined , and contentedly resumed the practice which his young ...
... thousand inhabitants , and assuring the world that it was " rapidly growing . " On return- ing from Congress Lincoln was offered a promising partnership there , which he declined , and contentedly resumed the practice which his young ...
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