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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... Taken . - Dispatches of Mr. Lincoln . - The Nation's Joy . - Lee's Army Closely Pressed . - Captures at Sailor's Creek . - Sur- render of Lee.-Mr. Lincoln at Richmond . - His Visit to the City Point Hospi- tal . His Return to Washington ...
... Taken . - Dispatches of Mr. Lincoln . - The Nation's Joy . - Lee's Army Closely Pressed . - Captures at Sailor's Creek . - Sur- render of Lee.-Mr. Lincoln at Richmond . - His Visit to the City Point Hospi- tal . His Return to Washington ...
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... taken up , and , with a prairie addition , they suited the tastes even of those to whom the level , open country was forbidding in appearance . Mr. Lincoln's father pushed forward to the central part of the State , where such locations ...
... taken up , and , with a prairie addition , they suited the tastes even of those to whom the level , open country was forbidding in appearance . Mr. Lincoln's father pushed forward to the central part of the State , where such locations ...
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... taken measures to preclude any such possibility , so far as the deliberate engagements of the uneasy chief could avail for that purpose . Intimidated by the threats of Gaines to cross the river , and to prosecute the war on that ground ...
... taken measures to preclude any such possibility , so far as the deliberate engagements of the uneasy chief could avail for that purpose . Intimidated by the threats of Gaines to cross the river , and to prosecute the war on that ground ...
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... taken from the Governor the power of appointing State's attorneys for the several judicial districts , and provided that these officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention . Though he had been but a little more ...
... taken from the Governor the power of appointing State's attorneys for the several judicial districts , and provided that these officers should be elected by the Legislature , in joint convention . Though he had been but a little more ...
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... taken this same view , as I understand them ; and I adhered to it , and acted upon it , until since I took my seat here ; and I think I should still adhere to it , were it not that the President and his friends will not allow it to be ...
... taken this same view , as I understand them ; and I adhered to it , and acted upon it , until since I took my seat here ; and I think I should still adhere to it , were it not that the President and his friends will not allow it to be ...
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