A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... houses , shouting from stores , shouting from house - tops , and shouting everywhere . Parties ran through the streets singing , " Ain't I glad I've joined the Republicans , " till they were too hoarse to speak.1 During this tempest ...
... houses , shouting from stores , shouting from house - tops , and shouting everywhere . Parties ran through the streets singing , " Ain't I glad I've joined the Republicans , " till they were too hoarse to speak.1 During this tempest ...
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... House each morning before eight , after a short walk from his home at Eighth and Jackson Streets , Lincoln first asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with ...
... House each morning before eight , after a short walk from his home at Eighth and Jackson Streets , Lincoln first asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with ...
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... House , where he was obliged to address the legislature twice . The Senate heard him , then the House . The former listened to comments on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey , effectively connected to the current strug- gle , the House ...
... House , where he was obliged to address the legislature twice . The Senate heard him , then the House . The former listened to comments on the Revolutionary War in New Jersey , effectively connected to the current strug- gle , the House ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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