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... four brothers : Isaac , Jacob , John and Thomas . The descendants of Jacob and John are supposed to be still in Virginia . Isaac emigrated to the region where Virginia , North Carolina and Tennessee unite , and his descendants are there ...
... four brothers : Isaac , Jacob , John and Thomas . The descendants of Jacob and John are supposed to be still in Virginia . Isaac emigrated to the region where Virginia , North Carolina and Tennessee unite , and his descendants are there ...
Page 35
... four inches , a length of trunk and limb remarkable even among the tall race of pioneers to which he belonged . The incidents of a trip like this were not likely to be ex- citing , but there were many social chats with settlers and ...
... four inches , a length of trunk and limb remarkable even among the tall race of pioneers to which he belonged . The incidents of a trip like this were not likely to be ex- citing , but there were many social chats with settlers and ...
Page 40
... four yoke of oxen , and that he spent most of the winter following in splitting rails and chopping wood . No one seems to know who Mr. Lincoln worked for during this first summer , but a little incident in the pastoral labors of Rev. A ...
... four yoke of oxen , and that he spent most of the winter following in splitting rails and chopping wood . No one seems to know who Mr. Lincoln worked for during this first summer , but a little incident in the pastoral labors of Rev. A ...
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... four hundred rails for every yard of brown jeans , dyed with white walnut bark , that would be necessary to make him a pair of trousers . In these days he used to walk five , six and seven miles to his work . * George Cluse . He left ...
... four hundred rails for every yard of brown jeans , dyed with white walnut bark , that would be necessary to make him a pair of trousers . In these days he used to walk five , six and seven miles to his work . * George Cluse . He left ...
Page 43
... the duties of the day , when he discovered a four - ounce weight on the scales . He On another occasion , just night , a woman entered , The tea was weighed out . & saw at once that he had made a mistake LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 43.
... the duties of the day , when he discovered a four - ounce weight on the scales . He On another occasion , just night , a woman entered , The tea was weighed out . & saw at once that he had made a mistake LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN . 43.
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