Lincoln the Politician: How the Rail-splitter and Flatboatman Played the Great American Game |
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Page 154
... sent Judd a copy of this , saying : " Here is the letter of our old Whig friends , and my answer sent as you requested . I showed it to Dubois , and he feared the clause about leave to publish , in the answer , would not be quite ...
... sent Judd a copy of this , saying : " Here is the letter of our old Whig friends , and my answer sent as you requested . I showed it to Dubois , and he feared the clause about leave to publish , in the answer , would not be quite ...
Page 169
... sent him the clipping , he replied : " It is not true that I ever charged anything for a political speech in my life ; but this much is true : Last October I was requested by letter to deliver some sort of speech in Mr. Beecher's church ...
... sent him the clipping , he replied : " It is not true that I ever charged anything for a political speech in my life ; but this much is true : Last October I was requested by letter to deliver some sort of speech in Mr. Beecher's church ...
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... sent the answer to him by mail . It is not exactly correct , as you say you were told by the elder Mr. Blair [ Francis Preston , Sr. ] , to say that I sent Postmaster - General Blair to St. Louis to examine into that department and ...
... sent the answer to him by mail . It is not exactly correct , as you say you were told by the elder Mr. Blair [ Francis Preston , Sr. ] , to say that I sent Postmaster - General Blair to St. Louis to examine into that department and ...
Contents
Shaky | 186 |
Three to One You Dont Get | 192 |
The Inside Track | 208 |
Copyright | |
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