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... month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the hands of the pro- slavery Democrat leader , David S. Terry , who was living at the last accounts in the State of Nevada . The Democrats carried the election on the ...
... month , and on the 16th my poor friend died from a wound received at the hands of the pro- slavery Democrat leader , David S. Terry , who was living at the last accounts in the State of Nevada . The Democrats carried the election on the ...
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... month by his murder . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re ...
... month by his murder . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1861 , I was present as Clerk of the House . At the inauguration of March 4 , 1865 , I was present as Secretary of the Senate . James Buchanan , as ex - President , heard the re ...
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... month of April , the murder planned four years before , and baffled by superior foresight , was executed , and Abraham Lincoln was dying from the pistol - shot of Booth . [ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as ...
... month of April , the murder planned four years before , and baffled by superior foresight , was executed , and Abraham Lincoln was dying from the pistol - shot of Booth . [ March 5 , 1871. ] IX . CIRCUMSTANCE often controls men as ...
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... month , and though he gave no sign of his intention to join the rebel army , nobody was surprised when he was reported at Richmond , Virginia . Perhaps the most dramatic scene that ever took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new ...
... month , and though he gave no sign of his intention to join the rebel army , nobody was surprised when he was reported at Richmond , Virginia . Perhaps the most dramatic scene that ever took place in the Senate Chamber - old or new ...
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... months longer , and the already opening differen- ces that you see between New England and the great North- west will develop themselves . You have two confederacies now . Fight twelve months , and you will have three ; twelve months ...
... months longer , and the already opening differen- ces that you see between New England and the great North- west will develop themselves . You have two confederacies now . Fight twelve months , and you will have three ; twelve months ...
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