Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Containing His Early History and Political Career; Together with the Speeches, Messages, Proclamations and Other Official Documents Illustrative of His Eventful Administration |
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... known as La Rue county , Kentucky . He had one sister , two years his senior , who died , married , in early womanhood ; and his only brother , his junior by two years , died in childhood . When nine years of age , he lost his mother ...
... known as La Rue county , Kentucky . He had one sister , two years his senior , who died , married , in early womanhood ; and his only brother , his junior by two years , died in childhood . When nine years of age , he lost his mother ...
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... known as the Black Hawk war , from an old Sac chief of that name , who was the prominent mover in the matter . In New Salem and vicinity , a company of volunteers was promptly raised , of which young Lincoln was elected captain - his ...
... known as the Black Hawk war , from an old Sac chief of that name , who was the prominent mover in the matter . In New Salem and vicinity , a company of volunteers was promptly raised , of which young Lincoln was elected captain - his ...
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... known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- / resentative in the State Legislature , although a little later in the same canvass General Jackson , the Democratic candidate ...
... known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for rep- / resentative in the State Legislature , although a little later in the same canvass General Jackson , the Democratic candidate ...
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... known as the Ordinance of '87 . " The question of federal control of slavery in the territories , seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution ; and hence it is not recorded that the ...
... known as the Ordinance of '87 . " The question of federal control of slavery in the territories , seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution ; and hence it is not recorded that the ...
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... known . They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from Federal authority , or some provision or principle of the Constitution , stood in the way ; or they may , without any His Speech at the Cooper Institute ...
... known . They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from Federal authority , or some provision or principle of the Constitution , stood in the way ; or they may , without any His Speech at the Cooper Institute ...
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