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... party bade fare- well to their old home and slavery ; Mrs. Lincoln and her daughter riding one horse , Abe another , and the father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night ...
... party bade fare- well to their old home and slavery ; Mrs. Lincoln and her daughter riding one horse , Abe another , and the father a third . After a seven - days ' journey through an uninhabited country , their resting - place at night ...
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... party of negroes , who , after a severe conflict , were compelled to flee . " In the spring of 1830 , the Lincoln family again sought a new home . Their journey , in a region where roads were rough and railroads unknown , was made in ...
... party of negroes , who , after a severe conflict , were compelled to flee . " In the spring of 1830 , the Lincoln family again sought a new home . Their journey , in a region where roads were rough and railroads unknown , was made in ...
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... parties in his precinct , that he received every vote but seven out of two hundred and eighty - four ; and though he was defeated in the district at large , it was the only occasion in which he failed in such an election . " While ...
... parties in his precinct , that he received every vote but seven out of two hundred and eighty - four ; and though he was defeated in the district at large , it was the only occasion in which he failed in such an election . " While ...
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... party . The prisoner , overwhelmed by the circumstances under which he found himself placed , fell into a melancholy condition bordering on despair ; and the widowed mother , looking through her tears , saw no cause for hope from 44 ...
... party . The prisoner , overwhelmed by the circumstances under which he found himself placed , fell into a melancholy condition bordering on despair ; and the widowed mother , looking through her tears , saw no cause for hope from 44 ...
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... party . He believed in the right of Congress to make appropriations for the im- provement of rivers and harbors . He was in favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low ...
... party . He believed in the right of Congress to make appropriations for the im- provement of rivers and harbors . He was in favor of giving the public lands , not to speculators , but to actual occupants and cultivators , at as low ...
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