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Page 13
... never known . It took a four - horse team to move her effects , and at once she demanded that the floorless , windowless and doorless cabin should be made habitable . Warm beds were for the first time provided for the children . She ...
... never known . It took a four - horse team to move her effects , and at once she demanded that the floorless , windowless and doorless cabin should be made habitable . Warm beds were for the first time provided for the children . She ...
Page 23
... never seen him , and got himself up in the best clothes he had ever worn . The loan was scrupulously repaid . The time up to the session of the Legislature was spent in preparation for his new responsibilities , in reading and writing ...
... never seen him , and got himself up in the best clothes he had ever worn . The loan was scrupulously repaid . The time up to the session of the Legislature was spent in preparation for his new responsibilities , in reading and writing ...
Page 34
... not alto- gether fitted for each other . But never , by word or deed , was he disloyal to his marriage vows , nor did he ex- pose the wounds of his heart . President Lincoln and Master Thad . Mrs. Lincoln in Reception 34 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... not alto- gether fitted for each other . But never , by word or deed , was he disloyal to his marriage vows , nor did he ex- pose the wounds of his heart . President Lincoln and Master Thad . Mrs. Lincoln in Reception 34 ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 43
... never had a cross word during all that time , have we ? " Then , starting to go , he paused and asked that the sign - board of Lincoln & Herndon which hung on its rusty hinges at the foot of the stairs be allowed to re- main . " Let it ...
... never had a cross word during all that time , have we ? " Then , starting to go , he paused and asked that the sign - board of Lincoln & Herndon which hung on its rusty hinges at the foot of the stairs be allowed to re- main . " Let it ...
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... never befall us . If , as the friends of colonization hope , the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means succeed in freeing our land from the dangerous presence of slavery , and at the same time restoring a ...
... never befall us . If , as the friends of colonization hope , the present and coming generations of our countrymen shall by any means succeed in freeing our land from the dangerous presence of slavery , and at the same time restoring a ...
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