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... visitors , and there is a certain quaintness and originality about all he has to say , so that one cannot help feeling inter- ested . His " talk " is not brilliant . His phrases are not ceremoniously set , but pervaded with a ...
... visitors , and there is a certain quaintness and originality about all he has to say , so that one cannot help feeling inter- ested . His " talk " is not brilliant . His phrases are not ceremoniously set , but pervaded with a ...
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Lincoln as President Elect William Eldon Baringer. While visitors to the President Elect had been diminished by his absence in Chicago , such was not the case with his corre- spondence . Villard judged that " during the last two days the ...
Lincoln as President Elect William Eldon Baringer. While visitors to the President Elect had been diminished by his absence in Chicago , such was not the case with his corre- spondence . Villard judged that " during the last two days the ...
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... visitors . When Frank Blair of St. Louis arrived on the eleventh , he vigorously denounced " all propositions to compromise , con- cede , backslide , etc. , etc. , . . . He pronounced the idea of peace- able secession preposterous ...
... visitors . When Frank Blair of St. Louis arrived on the eleventh , he vigorously denounced " all propositions to compromise , con- cede , backslide , etc. , etc. , . . . He pronounced the idea of peace- able secession preposterous ...
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NOVEMBER SIXTH | 3 |
A FABIAN FORTNIGHT | 7 |
SECESSION SALVOS | 41 |
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