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... Candidate for the Legislature - He is Defeated - Purchases a Store , but fails in Business - Is appointed Postmaster - Anecdote illustrating his Honesty - He becomes a Surveyor , CHAPTER V. 48 CHARACTER OF MR . LINCOLN ON ENTERING ...
... Candidate for the Legislature - He is Defeated - Purchases a Store , but fails in Business - Is appointed Postmaster - Anecdote illustrating his Honesty - He becomes a Surveyor , CHAPTER V. 48 CHARACTER OF MR . LINCOLN ON ENTERING ...
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... Candidates for the Presidency - Correspondence with the Whig Leaders in Illinois - Speeches during the Canvass ... Candidate for the Vice - presidency at the National Republican Convention of 1856 - Speech at Charleston , Illinois ...
... Candidates for the Presidency - Correspondence with the Whig Leaders in Illinois - Speeches during the Canvass ... Candidate for the Vice - presidency at the National Republican Convention of 1856 - Speech at Charleston , Illinois ...
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... Candidates for the Nomination - The Party Platform - Balloting for President - Nom- ination of Lincoln - Enthusiasm of the Convention and of the Spectators - Disap- pointment of Mr. Seward's friends - Reception of the News at ...
... Candidates for the Nomination - The Party Platform - Balloting for President - Nom- ination of Lincoln - Enthusiasm of the Convention and of the Spectators - Disap- pointment of Mr. Seward's friends - Reception of the News at ...
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... candidate . There was but one other candidate for the office , ( a Mr. Kirkpat- rick , ) and he was one of the most influential men in the county . Previously , Kirkpatrick had been an employer of Lincoln , and was so overbearing in his ...
... candidate . There was but one other candidate for the office , ( a Mr. Kirkpat- rick , ) and he was one of the most influential men in the county . Previously , Kirkpatrick had been an employer of Lincoln , and was so overbearing in his ...
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... candidate for the presidency , endeavored to endow him with a military reputa- tion . Mr. Lincoln , at that time a representative in Congress , delivered a speech before the House , which , in its allusions to General Cass , was ...
... candidate for the presidency , endeavored to endow him with a military reputa- tion . Mr. Lincoln , at that time a representative in Congress , delivered a speech before the House , which , in its allusions to General Cass , was ...
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