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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... secure a competency . Even before the date of his earliest distinct recollections , he removed with his father to a place six miles distant from Hod- genville , which was also ere long to be surrendered , as we shall presently see , for ...
... secure a competency . Even before the date of his earliest distinct recollections , he removed with his father to a place six miles distant from Hod- genville , which was also ere long to be surrendered , as we shall presently see , for ...
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... secure his services in the new enterprise he was about to embark in . He opened a store at New Salem , and also had a mill for flouring grain . For want of other immediate employment , and in the same spirit which had heretofore ...
... secure his services in the new enterprise he was about to embark in . He opened a store at New Salem , and also had a mill for flouring grain . For want of other immediate employment , and in the same spirit which had heretofore ...
Page 49
... secure his battalion of voters . When he was elected to the Legislature for the first time , two years later , his major- ity ranged about two hundred votes higher than the rest of the ticket on which he ran . Such was the beginning of ...
... secure his battalion of voters . When he was elected to the Legislature for the first time , two years later , his major- ity ranged about two hundred votes higher than the rest of the ticket on which he ran . Such was the beginning of ...
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... secure a nomination from the convention . He was never again elected to the Legislature , having in fact vacated his seat after the first session , and accepted the federal appointment of Register in the land office at Springfield . In ...
... secure a nomination from the convention . He was never again elected to the Legislature , having in fact vacated his seat after the first session , and accepted the federal appointment of Register in the land office at Springfield . In ...
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... secure in the confidence of the people , and prepared , in due time , to enter upon a more enlarged and brilliant career , as a national states- His fame as a close and convincing debater was estab- lished . His native talent as an ...
... secure in the confidence of the people , and prepared , in due time , to enter upon a more enlarged and brilliant career , as a national states- His fame as a close and convincing debater was estab- lished . His native talent as an ...
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