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Page 106
... hold out till the 15th instant without any great inconvenience , and had pre- pared an expedition to relieve you before that period . Hoping still that you will be able to sustain yourself [ 106 ] To Major Robert Anderson.
... hold out till the 15th instant without any great inconvenience , and had pre- pared an expedition to relieve you before that period . Hoping still that you will be able to sustain yourself [ 106 ] To Major Robert Anderson.
Page 124
... hold what we have in the West , open the Mississippi , and take Chattanooga and East Tennessee without more . A reasonable force should in every event be kept about Washington for its protection . Then let the country give us a hundred ...
... hold what we have in the West , open the Mississippi , and take Chattanooga and East Tennessee without more . A reasonable force should in every event be kept about Washington for its protection . Then let the country give us a hundred ...
Page 234
... hold where you are . Neither am I willing . Hold on with a bull- dog grip , and chew and choke as much as possible . A. LINCOLN 1 ww www Secret Pledge AFTER his reëlection Lincoln drew from [ 234 ] Telegram to Ulysses S Grant.
... hold where you are . Neither am I willing . Hold on with a bull- dog grip , and chew and choke as much as possible . A. LINCOLN 1 ww www Secret Pledge AFTER his reëlection Lincoln drew from [ 234 ] Telegram to Ulysses S Grant.
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