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Page 12
A few weeks later the Territory , with but sixty - five 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 few weeks later the Territory , with but sixty - five 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 ...
Page 82
President Polk issued a proclamation declaring that war had been begun by
Mexico , and calling for fifty thousand volunteers . Elections for the next Congress
were to occur this summer and autumn . General Taylor , fast becoming a popular
...
President Polk issued a proclamation declaring that war had been begun by
Mexico , and calling for fifty thousand volunteers . Elections for the next Congress
were to occur this summer and autumn . General Taylor , fast becoming a popular
...
Page 83
Lincoln ' s plurality over 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 — MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
Lincoln ' s plurality over 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 — MARRIAGE - ELECTION TO CONGRESS . 83.
Page 108
... and speaking of his pecuniary circumstances he paused and looking up to the
ceiling said to a friend : “ I am worth about three thousand dollars ; I have a little
property and owe no debts ; it is perhaps well that I did not get this appointment .
... and speaking of his pecuniary circumstances he paused and looking up to the
ceiling said to a friend : “ I am worth about three thousand dollars ; I have a little
property and owe no debts ; it is perhaps well that I did not get this appointment .
Page 110
Late in the forties Chicago was a small but hopeful city , claiming fifteen thousand
inhabitants , and assuring the world that it was “ rapidly growing . ” On returning
from Congress Lincoln was offered a promising partnership there , which he ...
Late in the forties Chicago was a small but hopeful city , claiming fifteen thousand
inhabitants , and assuring the world that it was “ rapidly growing . ” On returning
from Congress Lincoln was offered a promising partnership there , which he ...
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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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