Abraham Lincoln: A Biography, by Benjamin P. Thomas |
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Page 253
... Seward , who found himself in a dilemma with the Southern commissioners as time passed and the garrison remained at Fort Sumter . On April 1 the Secretary of State sent Lincoln " Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration . " At ...
... Seward , who found himself in a dilemma with the Southern commissioners as time passed and the garrison remained at Fort Sumter . On April 1 the Secretary of State sent Lincoln " Some Thoughts for the President's Consideration . " At ...
Page 254
... Seward's proposal except in not abandoning Fort Sumter . Lincoln scarcely men- tioned Seward's warlike foreign designs . Without rancor he set the Secretary in his place . The President would conduct the government , he said , with the ...
... Seward's proposal except in not abandoning Fort Sumter . Lincoln scarcely men- tioned Seward's warlike foreign designs . Without rancor he set the Secretary in his place . The President would conduct the government , he said , with the ...
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... Seward's integer . ... Bates is a fossil . . . and should never have been quarried from the rocks in which he was imbedded . . . . Seward , Smith and Bates must go out . " ... On December 16 and 17 , Republican senators held long ...
... Seward's integer . ... Bates is a fossil . . . and should never have been quarried from the rocks in which he was imbedded . . . . Seward , Smith and Bates must go out . " ... On December 16 and 17 , Republican senators held long ...
Contents
The Short and Simple Annals of the Poor | 3 |
Young Man on His Own | 23 |
His Love Affairs | 44 |
Copyright | |
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