Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... TION - FOUR MORE STATES REVOLT THE CAPITAL ISOLATED - --- .295 CHAPTER XXIV . TAKING UP THE BURDEN OF WAR CONGRESS - PRESIDENT AND .309 CHAPTER XXV . A BATTLE- OUTLOOK AT HOME AND ABROAD .. CHAPTER XXVI . · 331 CONGRESS- - WAR - MAKING ...
... TION - FOUR MORE STATES REVOLT THE CAPITAL ISOLATED - --- .295 CHAPTER XXIV . TAKING UP THE BURDEN OF WAR CONGRESS - PRESIDENT AND .309 CHAPTER XXV . A BATTLE- OUTLOOK AT HOME AND ABROAD .. CHAPTER XXVI . · 331 CONGRESS- - WAR - MAKING ...
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... tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three hundred acres of land in New Jersey , derived from the latter's maternal grandfather , Richard Salter , and divided the Berks County ...
... tion , and in legal papers was styled " gentleman . " In his will he bequeathed to his son John three hundred acres of land in New Jersey , derived from the latter's maternal grandfather , Richard Salter , and divided the Berks County ...
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... tion , applicable to the time . " Through all that was worst in this rough life he saw and admired " that sort of Spartan virtue " essential in founding new countries . Many of our American ancestors in the oldest States . passed ...
... tion , applicable to the time . " Through all that was worst in this rough life he saw and admired " that sort of Spartan virtue " essential in founding new countries . Many of our American ancestors in the oldest States . passed ...
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... tion in " manners " - more rudimentary than the les- sons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham , while lacking in personal graces , was politely deferential when speaking to a lady , it is said ...
... tion in " manners " - more rudimentary than the les- sons of Chesterfield . Whether due to this training or not , young Abraham , while lacking in personal graces , was politely deferential when speaking to a lady , it is said ...
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... tion of Thomas Lincoln . Before the year 1829 was ended he had gathered the needed boards , sawn by hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were hard as ever . President Jackson ...
... tion of Thomas Lincoln . Before the year 1829 was ended he had gathered the needed boards , sawn by hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were hard as ever . President Jackson ...
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