Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... vote . The viva voce method , according to the Kentucky code which Illinois had copied , was still in use . The poll - sheet dis- closes that Lincoln voted for James Turney , Whig , for Representative in Congress , as against Joseph Dun ...
... vote . The viva voce method , according to the Kentucky code which Illinois had copied , was still in use . The poll - sheet dis- closes that Lincoln voted for James Turney , Whig , for Representative in Congress , as against Joseph Dun ...
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... vote of the company , much to his gratification as a token of personal favor . The regiments and the spy battalion levied by the Governor were under the command of General White- side , an experienced Indian fighter . Marching north ...
... vote of the company , much to his gratification as a token of personal favor . The regiments and the spy battalion levied by the Governor were under the command of General White- side , an experienced Indian fighter . Marching north ...
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... votes polled , he received two hundred and seventy - five . The prestige thus gained proved to be of essential value . His next adventure was joining with one Berry in " keeping store " - they buying cheap for credit the goods and good ...
... votes polled , he received two hundred and seventy - five . The prestige thus gained proved to be of essential value . His next adventure was joining with one Berry in " keeping store " - they buying cheap for credit the goods and good ...
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... votes more than Stuart , and the two were the only Whigs elected . It may reasonably be imagined that a gentleman like Stuart more than once recalled , in the presence of his youthful colleague , what Jefferson and Randolph thought of ...
... votes more than Stuart , and the two were the only Whigs elected . It may reasonably be imagined that a gentleman like Stuart more than once recalled , in the presence of his youthful colleague , what Jefferson and Randolph thought of ...
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... votes in the joint assembly . To this period belongs a romance , with tragic end- ing , current among Menard traditions thirty years later . Its substance was then communicated to the writer , as follows : " Miss Ann Rutledge was a rosy ...
... votes in the joint assembly . To this period belongs a romance , with tragic end- ing , current among Menard traditions thirty years later . Its substance was then communicated to the writer , as follows : " Miss Ann Rutledge was a rosy ...
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