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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... received at home , there is no doubt that he had become able to read well , though without having made any great literary progress , at the age of seven . That he was not a dull or inapt scholar , is manifest from his subsequent ...
... received at home , there is no doubt that he had become able to read well , though without having made any great literary progress , at the age of seven . That he was not a dull or inapt scholar , is manifest from his subsequent ...
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... received of an alarming Indian invasion , on the western border of the State . In the spring of 1831 , the noted Black - Hawk , an old chief of the Sac tribe of Indians , repudiating the treaty by the terms of which they had been ...
... received of an alarming Indian invasion , on the western border of the State . In the spring of 1831 , the noted Black - Hawk , an old chief of the Sac tribe of Indians , repudiating the treaty by the terms of which they had been ...
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... received , that there was a strong force of white soldiers at Fort Armstrong , on Rock Island , he continued on to the mouth of Rock river , where , in utter recklessnes and bad faith - paying not the slightest regard to his solemn ...
... received , that there was a strong force of white soldiers at Fort Armstrong , on Rock Island , he continued on to the mouth of Rock river , where , in utter recklessnes and bad faith - paying not the slightest regard to his solemn ...
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... received the electoral vote of Illinois , for the second time , by a decisive majority . The Legislature of 1834 was so strongly Democratic , that the Whig members did not have any candidates of their own , in organizing the House , but ...
... received the electoral vote of Illinois , for the second time , by a decisive majority . The Legislature of 1834 was so strongly Democratic , that the Whig members did not have any candidates of their own , in organizing the House , but ...
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... received with general approbation . Vandalia , which had reached a population of about two thousand , dwindled away for a time , until it had but about one - fourth that number of inhabitants , though of late years it has revived ...
... received with general approbation . Vandalia , which had reached a population of about two thousand , dwindled away for a time , until it had but about one - fourth that number of inhabitants , though of late years it has revived ...
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