Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... Secretary of War by appoint- ing Jacob S. Haldeman Minister to Sweden , and favored " Mr. F. Hassarauk , one of our best German Republican workers in America , residing at Cincinnati , " with a letter of commendation to the Secretary of ...
... Secretary of War by appoint- ing Jacob S. Haldeman Minister to Sweden , and favored " Mr. F. Hassarauk , one of our best German Republican workers in America , residing at Cincinnati , " with a letter of commendation to the Secretary of ...
Page 307
... Secretary of War is in precisely the same situation . If the military commanders in the field cannot be suc- cessful , not only the Secretary of War , but myself - for the time being master of them both - cannot but be failures . I know ...
... Secretary of War is in precisely the same situation . If the military commanders in the field cannot be suc- cessful , not only the Secretary of War , but myself - for the time being master of them both - cannot but be failures . I know ...
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... Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase , smarting under criticism , resigned their portfolios . Lincoln addressed a joint note to them on December 22 , in which he said : " You have ...
... Secretary of State William H. Seward and Secretary of the Treasury Salmon P. Chase , smarting under criticism , resigned their portfolios . Lincoln addressed a joint note to them on December 22 , in which he said : " You have ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
Copyright | |
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