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Page 21
... issued a manifesto to the people of Sangamon County on the question of local improvements , propos- ing the improvement of the Sangamon River . He an- nounced himself in favor of usury laws which would limit the rate of interest to be ...
... issued a manifesto to the people of Sangamon County on the question of local improvements , propos- ing the improvement of the Sangamon River . He an- nounced himself in favor of usury laws which would limit the rate of interest to be ...
Page 68
... issued his first call for seventy - five thousand volunteers to put down the re- bellion . Ft . Sumter had been attacked and had fallen . One by one the rebel leaders had slunk away from the scene of their treason , Breckinridge among ...
... issued his first call for seventy - five thousand volunteers to put down the re- bellion . Ft . Sumter had been attacked and had fallen . One by one the rebel leaders had slunk away from the scene of their treason , Breckinridge among ...
Page 70
... issued his proclama- tion of warning , his own magisterial act , on Sept. 22 , 1862 , advising the states in rebellion that if they did not return to loyalty by January , 1863 , he would issue a proclamation emancipating their slaves ...
... issued his proclama- tion of warning , his own magisterial act , on Sept. 22 , 1862 , advising the states in rebellion that if they did not return to loyalty by January , 1863 , he would issue a proclamation emancipating their slaves ...
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... issued on the 15th of April a call for 75000 volunteers . 33. Four days later he issued a proclamation for the 112 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... issued on the 15th of April a call for 75000 volunteers . 33. Four days later he issued a proclamation for the 112 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 113
... issued . 37. Following logically the policy of the Emancipation Act , he began the experiment of in- troducing colored troops into the armies of the United States . 38. In December of 1863 , he made General Grant the commander - in ...
... issued . 37. Following logically the policy of the Emancipation Act , he began the experiment of in- troducing colored troops into the armies of the United States . 38. In December of 1863 , he made General Grant the commander - in ...
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