Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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Page 189
... result as you seem to have predicted in Maine , in your letter to Colfax , would , I fear , put us on the down - hill track , lose us the State [ October ] elections in Pennsylvania and Indiana , and probably ruin us on the main turn in ...
... result as you seem to have predicted in Maine , in your letter to Colfax , would , I fear , put us on the down - hill track , lose us the State [ October ] elections in Pennsylvania and Indiana , and probably ruin us on the main turn in ...
Page 219
... result longer by nominating Senator Douglas for the Presidency than they could in any other way . They did not , in any true sense , nominate Mr. Douglas , and the result has come certainly as soon as I ever expected . " Addressing ...
... result longer by nominating Senator Douglas for the Presidency than they could in any other way . They did not , in any true sense , nominate Mr. Douglas , and the result has come certainly as soon as I ever expected . " Addressing ...
Page 376
... result . " With the result still very much in the balance a monument was dedicated on November 19 , 1863 , in the National Cemetery , at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , where Meade had stopped Lee's bold march of invasion on the North ...
... result . " With the result still very much in the balance a monument was dedicated on November 19 , 1863 , in the National Cemetery , at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , where Meade had stopped Lee's bold march of invasion on the North ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
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