Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 2Harcourt, Brace, 1939 - Presidents |
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Page 104
... Brooks was saying that as the President hadn't settled the matter , there might be some- thing in the general suspicion that McClellan would be recalled . Lincoln , sitting near Brooks , gave him a hard look , spoke in an undertone ...
... Brooks was saying that as the President hadn't settled the matter , there might be some- thing in the general suspicion that McClellan would be recalled . Lincoln , sitting near Brooks , gave him a hard look , spoke in an undertone ...
Page 314
... Brooks , and others who saw him at close range said he had a remarkable and retentive memory . " He once recited to me , " said Nicolay , " a long and doleful ballad , something like Vilikins and His Dinah , the production of a Kentucky ...
... Brooks , and others who saw him at close range said he had a remarkable and retentive memory . " He once recited to me , " said Nicolay , " a long and doleful ballad , something like Vilikins and His Dinah , the production of a Kentucky ...
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... Brooks . “ But the appointments are not agreed on , " continued Lincoln . " Nothing is agreed on . I got the impression the California Congressmen were consulted and were satisfied . . . . Were they very mad ? " Not very , said Brooks ...
... Brooks . “ But the appointments are not agreed on , " continued Lincoln . " Nothing is agreed on . I got the impression the California Congressmen were consulted and were satisfied . . . . Were they very mad ? " Not very , said Brooks ...
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MORE HORSES THAN OATSOFFICESEEKERS | 28 |
FOREIGN MEDIATIONBUTLER | 66 |
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