Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... Kentucky wilderness , the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln would not have left Rockingham County , Virginia , and " entered " seventeen hundred acres of land in Kentucky , where he was presently slain on his forest farm by a savage in the ...
... Kentucky wilderness , the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln would not have left Rockingham County , Virginia , and " entered " seventeen hundred acres of land in Kentucky , where he was presently slain on his forest farm by a savage in the ...
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... Kentucky to Indiana . He built a raft , loaded it with a kit of carpenter's tools and four hundred gallons of whiskey , and , de- pending on his rifle for food , floated down into the Ohio River in search of a new home . Having picked ...
... Kentucky to Indiana . He built a raft , loaded it with a kit of carpenter's tools and four hundred gallons of whiskey , and , de- pending on his rifle for food , floated down into the Ohio River in search of a new home . Having picked ...
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... Kentucky cradle , the conti- nental spirit of the American people grad- ually rose to a high pitch , which was intensified in 1823 , when the Monroe Doctrine was born and the Holy Alliance -not to say all Europe - was warned against ...
... Kentucky cradle , the conti- nental spirit of the American people grad- ually rose to a high pitch , which was intensified in 1823 , when the Monroe Doctrine was born and the Holy Alliance -not to say all Europe - was warned against ...
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