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... Weed was also invited by Trumbull , at Lincoln's request.2 Be- fore receiving the Swett - Davis invitation , Weed had written to Lincoln inquiring not about patronage but concerning the larger matter of secession . The President Elect ...
... Weed was also invited by Trumbull , at Lincoln's request.2 Be- fore receiving the Swett - Davis invitation , Weed had written to Lincoln inquiring not about patronage but concerning the larger matter of secession . The President Elect ...
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... Weed said he knew Union men of four slave states who would be loyal " under any circumstances and in any event , " even if their own states should secede . " Well , " said the President Elect , " let us have the names of your white ...
... Weed said he knew Union men of four slave states who would be loyal " under any circumstances and in any event , " even if their own states should secede . " Well , " said the President Elect , " let us have the names of your white ...
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... Weed's adjustment , and fugitive slave grievances were to be assuaged by an act of Congress requiring compensation , by the offending counties , to owners of escaped bondsmen . Weed was ' Dispatch of Dec. 19 , New York Herald , in ...
... Weed's adjustment , and fugitive slave grievances were to be assuaged by an act of Congress requiring compensation , by the offending counties , to owners of escaped bondsmen . Weed was ' Dispatch of Dec. 19 , New York Herald , in ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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