Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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Page 412
... Chase clubs throughout the country . Reports came to Lincoln that Treasury officials were " remorselessly decapitating every subordinate believed or suspected of being in the least tainted with Lincolnism . " More often now Chase stayed ...
... Chase clubs throughout the country . Reports came to Lincoln that Treasury officials were " remorselessly decapitating every subordinate believed or suspected of being in the least tainted with Lincolnism . " More often now Chase stayed ...
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... Chase's hopes were dashed the next day when a Republican legislative caucus at Columbus passed him over and came out for Lincoln , leaving Chase a candidate without the endorsement of his own state , just as he had been in 1860. " What ...
... Chase's hopes were dashed the next day when a Republican legislative caucus at Columbus passed him over and came out for Lincoln , leaving Chase a candidate without the endorsement of his own state , just as he had been in 1860. " What ...
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... Chase's fitness . Weeks passed and Lincoln gave no indication of his choice . To Sumner , Stanton , Fessenden , and other radicals who pleaded the merits of Chase , Lincoln , to use his own expression , kept " very shut pan " about it ...
... Chase's fitness . Weeks passed and Lincoln gave no indication of his choice . To Sumner , Stanton , Fessenden , and other radicals who pleaded the merits of Chase , Lincoln , to use his own expression , kept " very shut pan " about it ...
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The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
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