The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters, and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished; Profusely Illustrated with Many Reproductions from Original Photographs, Paintings, Etc, Volume 3Lincoln history Society, 1924 |
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... wrote a correspondent to Charles Sumner , " worse than in 1857. And if there is not some speedy relief , more than half of the best concerns in the country will be ruined . " Numbers of prominent men urged the President - elect to say ...
... wrote a correspondent to Charles Sumner , " worse than in 1857. And if there is not some speedy relief , more than half of the best concerns in the country will be ruined . " Numbers of prominent men urged the President - elect to say ...
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... wrote and talked freely to the Republican leaders , almost all of whom were busy with one or another scheme for quiet- ing the distracted nation . On the opening of Con- gress , a committee of thirty - three had been appointed by the ...
... wrote and talked freely to the Republican leaders , almost all of whom were busy with one or another scheme for quiet- ing the distracted nation . On the opening of Con- gress , a committee of thirty - three had been appointed by the ...
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... wrote to the Hon . J. T. Hale a letter published by Nicolay and Hay , in which he said : " What is our present condition ? We have just carried an election on principles fairly stated to the people . Now we are told in advance the ...
... wrote to the Hon . J. T. Hale a letter published by Nicolay and Hay , in which he said : " What is our present condition ? We have just carried an election on principles fairly stated to the people . Now we are told in advance the ...
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... statute of Vermont or South Carolina . " A week later , Mr. Lincoln wrote to A. H. Stephens , of Georgia , in reply to a note in which Stephens had said : " The country is certainly in great peril MR . LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT - ELECT 9.
... statute of Vermont or South Carolina . " A week later , Mr. Lincoln wrote to A. H. Stephens , of Georgia , in reply to a note in which Stephens had said : " The country is certainly in great peril MR . LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT - ELECT 9.
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... ject to the country , it was not because he was not per- fectly clear in his own mind . Secession he consid- ered impossible . " My opinion is , " he wrote Thurlow Weed on December 17 , " that no state can 10 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
... ject to the country , it was not because he was not per- fectly clear in his own mind . Secession he consid- ered impossible . " My opinion is , " he wrote Thurlow Weed on December 17 , " that no state can 10 LIFE OF LINCOLN.
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