Abraham Lincoln: The War Years, Volume 2Harcourt, Brace, 1939 - Presidents |
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Page 186
... heard jokes and saw humor or levity in the President . Douglass wrote , " I seemed never to have the faculty of calling them to the surface . " From the President's room Douglass went to the War Office , heard from Stanton what he ...
... heard jokes and saw humor or levity in the President . Douglass wrote , " I seemed never to have the faculty of calling them to the surface . " From the President's room Douglass went to the War Office , heard from Stanton what he ...
Page 243
... heard since sunset . " The President asked if any firing had been heard before sun- set , and the answer being that none was reported , he laughed about the man who spoke of a supposed freak of nature , " The child was black from his ...
... heard since sunset . " The President asked if any firing had been heard before sun- set , and the answer being that none was reported , he laughed about the man who spoke of a supposed freak of nature , " The child was black from his ...
Page 537
... heard Chauncey Depew tell of Grant's offhand mention of times he cut the wires between his army and Washington . " Did he ? " laughed Sherman . " Why , I did that ! I never heard before that Grant did it ! " The impressionistic Mary ...
... heard Chauncey Depew tell of Grant's offhand mention of times he cut the wires between his army and Washington . " Did he ? " laughed Sherman . " Why , I did that ! I never heard before that Grant did it ! " The impressionistic Mary ...
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DRIFTINGMURFREESBOROOLD STARS | 3 |
MORE HORSES THAN OATSOFFICESEEKERS | 28 |
FOREIGN MEDIATIONBUTLER | 66 |
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