Life of Abraham Lincoln, Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress: Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a Concise History of the WarMoore, Wilstach & Baldwin, 1865 - 510 pages |
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Page 13
... reached the ears of the boyhood - companions of Daniel Boone , and spread through the neighboring country . The stirring adventures of the pioneer hero , during the next five or six years , and the beginnings of substantial settlements ...
... reached the ears of the boyhood - companions of Daniel Boone , and spread through the neighboring country . The stirring adventures of the pioneer hero , during the next five or six years , and the beginnings of substantial settlements ...
Page 14
... reached the region which had , perhaps , long been the promised land of his dreams . The exact place at which he settled is not known . According to the family tradition , it was somewhere on Floyd's creek , sup- posed to be near its ...
... reached the region which had , perhaps , long been the promised land of his dreams . The exact place at which he settled is not known . According to the family tradition , it was somewhere on Floyd's creek , sup- posed to be near its ...
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... reached mature age . One of the daughters was married to a Mr. Crume , and the other to a man named Bromfield . The three sons , named Thomas , Mordecai and Josiah , all remained in Kentucky until after their majority . Thomas Lincoln ...
... reached mature age . One of the daughters was married to a Mr. Crume , and the other to a man named Bromfield . The three sons , named Thomas , Mordecai and Josiah , all remained in Kentucky until after their majority . Thomas Lincoln ...
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... reached the age of fourteen . The currents of emigration had become enlarged and accelerated , meantime , until the ... reaching 220,000 . The wilderness that once was around Boonesborough , Harrodsburg , and Lexington , was now ...
... reached the age of fourteen . The currents of emigration had become enlarged and accelerated , meantime , until the ... reaching 220,000 . The wilderness that once was around Boonesborough , Harrodsburg , and Lexington , was now ...
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... reaching the Indiana side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek , now the boundary between the counties of Perry and Spencer , about one hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty ...
... reaching the Indiana side , the adven- turers landed at or near the mouth of Anderson's Creek , now the boundary between the counties of Perry and Spencer , about one hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty ...
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