Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer PresidentThis major biography of Abraham Lincoln has won the prestigious Lincoln Prize, the annual award given to the best book in the Civil War field. Guelzo's superb work breaks new ground in exploring the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him for the first time as a serious thinker deeply involved in the struggles of nineteenth-century thought. |
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Page 74
... Illinois and Michigan Canal bill from truculent Democrats , and sponsored still more corpo- rate charters . Lincoln also stood up to defend the Illinois State Bank , which had been founded in Illinois's territorial days and which was ...
... Illinois and Michigan Canal bill from truculent Democrats , and sponsored still more corpo- rate charters . Lincoln also stood up to defend the Illinois State Bank , which had been founded in Illinois's territorial days and which was ...
Page 168
... Illinois and the other reaching northeastward for Chicago and the Great Lakes . Even more than the Illinois and Michigan Canal , which had fi- nally opened its locks in 1848 , the Illinois Central promised to free Illi- nois farmers ...
... Illinois and the other reaching northeastward for Chicago and the Great Lakes . Even more than the Illinois and Michigan Canal , which had fi- nally opened its locks in 1848 , the Illinois Central promised to free Illi- nois farmers ...
Page 507
... Illinois and Michigan Canal , 72-73 , 74 , 92 , 168 , 218 , 376 Illinois Central Railroad , 74 , 92 , 167-70 , 237 , 260 , 295 , 375 , 452 Illinois Central Railroad v . McLean County ( 1853 ) , 168-69 Illinois Gazette , 232 Illinois ...
... Illinois and Michigan Canal , 72-73 , 74 , 92 , 168 , 218 , 376 Illinois Central Railroad , 74 , 92 , 167-70 , 237 , 260 , 295 , 375 , 452 Illinois Central Railroad v . McLean County ( 1853 ) , 168-69 Illinois Gazette , 232 Illinois ...
Contents
The Strife of Ideas | 3 |
The American System | 26 |
The Costs of Union | 64 |
Copyright | |
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