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Page 166
... received an invitation . " Although Mr. Cameron has a letter in his pocket signed ' A. Lincoln , ' announcing to him that he will be selected as the head of the War or Treasury Department , " he wrote , " advices arrive here . . . in ...
... received an invitation . " Although Mr. Cameron has a letter in his pocket signed ' A. Lincoln , ' announcing to him that he will be selected as the head of the War or Treasury Department , " he wrote , " advices arrive here . . . in ...
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... received five letters demanding no compromise , and nearly every day several messages arrived declaring , in vigorous terms , the same view . In more than a thousand pages of correspondence , Washburne received only two letters favoring ...
... received five letters demanding no compromise , and nearly every day several messages arrived declaring , in vigorous terms , the same view . In more than a thousand pages of correspondence , Washburne received only two letters favoring ...
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... received a visit from Frank Blair , Sr. , and Montgomery Blair , important cabinet - makers and oppon- ents of compromise . By this time the hotel was jammed by those who wished to see the President Elect , or at least Mrs. Lincoln ...
... received a visit from Frank Blair , Sr. , and Montgomery Blair , important cabinet - makers and oppon- ents of compromise . By this time the hotel was jammed by those who wished to see the President Elect , or at least Mrs. Lincoln ...
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NOVEMBER SIXTH | 3 |
A FABIAN FORTNIGHT | 7 |
SECESSION SALVOS | 41 |
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