Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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... reason , besides lack of means , was Lincoln's hope and the earnest desire of his young wife that he might capture the Whig nomination for Congress . He began pulling wires early in the year and wrote to R. S. Thomas of Vir- ginia ...
... reason , besides lack of means , was Lincoln's hope and the earnest desire of his young wife that he might capture the Whig nomination for Congress . He began pulling wires early in the year and wrote to R. S. Thomas of Vir- ginia ...
Page 114
... reason why , if a division existed in the opposi- tion , they should not take advantage of it , and quoted a Buchanan Democrat who said that they wished to beat Douglas and gave the reason why : " His original Nebraska bill was right in ...
... reason why , if a division existed in the opposi- tion , they should not take advantage of it , and quoted a Buchanan Democrat who said that they wished to beat Douglas and gave the reason why : " His original Nebraska bill was right in ...
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... reason for unwill- ingness to do so is that some of you would rather remain within reach of the country of your nativity . I do not know how much attachment you may have toward our race . It does not strike me that you have the greatest ...
... reason for unwill- ingness to do so is that some of you would rather remain within reach of the country of your nativity . I do not know how much attachment you may have toward our race . It does not strike me that you have the greatest ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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