History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... March 4 , 1861 ..... CHAPTER II . From Springfield to Washington ...... CHAPTER III . From the Inauguration to the Meeting of Congress .... CHAPTER IV . The Extra Session of Congress , and the Military Events of the Summer of 1861 PAGE ...
... March 4 , 1861 ..... CHAPTER II . From Springfield to Washington ...... CHAPTER III . From the Inauguration to the Meeting of Congress .... CHAPTER IV . The Extra Session of Congress , and the Military Events of the Summer of 1861 PAGE ...
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... March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the possession of Kan- sas was at its height . A few days after his inaugura- tion , the Supreme Court rendered ...
... March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle be- tween Freedom and Slavery for the possession of Kan- sas was at its height . A few days after his inaugura- tion , the Supreme Court rendered ...
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... MARCH 4 , 1861 . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was elected to be President of the United States on the sixth day of November 1860. The preliminary canvass had not been marked by any very extra- ordinary features . Party lines were a good deal broken ...
... MARCH 4 , 1861 . ABRAHAM LINCOLN was elected to be President of the United States on the sixth day of November 1860. The preliminary canvass had not been marked by any very extra- ordinary features . Party lines were a good deal broken ...
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... from his administration no active hostility to their designs . They had some hope that , by the 4th of March , their new Confederacy would be so far advanced that the new Administration might waive its purpose of coercion ; and they.
... from his administration no active hostility to their designs . They had some hope that , by the 4th of March , their new Confederacy would be so far advanced that the new Administration might waive its purpose of coercion ; and they.
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... March Congress passed an act authorizing a military force of 100,000 men . Thus was opened a new chapter in the history of America . Thus were taken the first steps towards overthrowing the Government and Constitution of the United ...
... March Congress passed an act authorizing a military force of 100,000 men . Thus was opened a new chapter in the history of America . Thus were taken the first steps towards overthrowing the Government and Constitution of the United ...
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