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... already been seen that these names have been per- petuated among the later generations of the Pennsylvania Lincolns , and that the three names - Abraham , Mordecai and Thomas - were all embraced in the family out of which the President ...
... already been seen that these names have been per- petuated among the later generations of the Pennsylvania Lincolns , and that the three names - Abraham , Mordecai and Thomas - were all embraced in the family out of which the President ...
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... already alluded to as the birth - place of the President , and within the first few years of her married life , she bore him three children . The first was a daughter named Sarah , who married when a child , and died many years ago ...
... already alluded to as the birth - place of the President , and within the first few years of her married life , she bore him three children . The first was a daughter named Sarah , who married when a child , and died many years ago ...
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... already the home of an institution which branded labor with disgrace , and made the position of the poor whites a hopeless one . He could see nothing in the future , for himself or his boy , but labor by the side of the negro , and ...
... already the home of an institution which branded labor with disgrace , and made the position of the poor whites a hopeless one . He could see nothing in the future , for himself or his boy , but labor by the side of the negro , and ...
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... already been stated that he had no taste for the sports of the forest ; but he made an early shot , with a result that must have sur- prised him and his family . While yet a child , he saw through a crack in the cabin a flock of wild ...
... already been stated that he had no taste for the sports of the forest ; but he made an early shot , with a result that must have sur- prised him and his family . While yet a child , he saw through a crack in the cabin a flock of wild ...
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... already sadly dark , was rendered inexpressibly gloomy at an early day by an event which made a profound impression upon the mind of the boy — an impres- sion that probably never wore away during all the eventful years that followed ...
... already sadly dark , was rendered inexpressibly gloomy at an early day by an event which made a profound impression upon the mind of the boy — an impres- sion that probably never wore away during all the eventful years that followed ...
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