Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... ORGANIZED FREMONT BEATEN BY BUCHANAN DRED SCOTT DECISION - CASES IN COURT ..139 CHAPTER XIII . -- THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION ANOTHER DEMO- CRATIC SCHISM - LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR SEN- ATOR " HOUSE - DIVIDED " SPEECH .. .156 CHAPTER XIV ...
... ORGANIZED FREMONT BEATEN BY BUCHANAN DRED SCOTT DECISION - CASES IN COURT ..139 CHAPTER XIII . -- THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION ANOTHER DEMO- CRATIC SCHISM - LINCOLN A CANDIDATE FOR SEN- ATOR " HOUSE - DIVIDED " SPEECH .. .156 CHAPTER XIV ...
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... organized there by the first settlers . In his second home he passed the more conscious years of his early childhood . Almost his earliest recollections were of sitting with his sister at his mother's feet , listening as she read from a ...
... organized there by the first settlers . In his second home he passed the more conscious years of his early childhood . Almost his earliest recollections were of sitting with his sister at his mother's feet , listening as she read from a ...
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... organized in 1821 , and Springfield , while as yet having little more than a paper existence , became the county seat . Farther up the ( 25 ) CHAPTER III REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS-CAPTAIN IN BLACK HAWK POSTMASTER, SURVEYOR, LEGISLATOR MENARD ...
... organized in 1821 , and Springfield , while as yet having little more than a paper existence , became the county seat . Farther up the ( 25 ) CHAPTER III REMOVAL TO ILLINOIS-CAPTAIN IN BLACK HAWK POSTMASTER, SURVEYOR, LEGISLATOR MENARD ...
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... was granted to the Illinois and Michigan Canal Company , organized in 1825 ; and several railway corporations , without State aid , were created . Among the railways thus initiated POSTMASTER , SURVEYOR , LEGISLATOR . 37.
... was granted to the Illinois and Michigan Canal Company , organized in 1825 ; and several railway corporations , without State aid , were created . Among the railways thus initiated POSTMASTER , SURVEYOR , LEGISLATOR . 37.
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... organization . They came there because they were sure to find Lincoln . His habit was to engage in conversation upon any and all subjects except politics . " It happened , nevertheless , that one evening , in the winter preceding the ...
... organization . They came there because they were sure to find Lincoln . His habit was to engage in conversation upon any and all subjects except politics . " It happened , nevertheless , that one evening , in the winter preceding the ...
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