Why We Love LincolnOuting Publishing Company, 1909 - 168 pages |
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... work I had earned a dollar . " In 1828 Mr. Gentry , of Gentryville , loaded a flatboat with produce , put his son in charge of it and hired Lincoln for eight dollars a month and board to work the bow oars 25 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
... work I had earned a dollar . " In 1828 Mr. Gentry , of Gentryville , loaded a flatboat with produce , put his son in charge of it and hired Lincoln for eight dollars a month and board to work the bow oars 25 WHY WE LOVE LINCOLN.
Page 89
... dollar ; but in cases of conflict , the man before the dollar . I remember being once amused much at seeing two partially intoxicated men engage in a fight with their great coats on , which fight , after a long and rather harmless con ...
... dollar ; but in cases of conflict , the man before the dollar . I remember being once amused much at seeing two partially intoxicated men engage in a fight with their great coats on , which fight , after a long and rather harmless con ...
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... dollars a year , notwith- standing his eloquence and logic . When he went to the White House , all his posses- sions , including his residence , were worth only about seven thousand dollars . per- So he laughed at and made light of his ...
... dollars a year , notwith- standing his eloquence and logic . When he went to the White House , all his posses- sions , including his residence , were worth only about seven thousand dollars . per- So he laughed at and made light of his ...
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