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... voted love for him , and the motherly offices she had rendered him during all his tender years . His character was planted in this Christian mother's life . Its roots were fed by this Chris- tian mother's love ; and those who have ...
... voted love for him , and the motherly offices she had rendered him during all his tender years . His character was planted in this Christian mother's life . Its roots were fed by this Chris- tian mother's love ; and those who have ...
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... voted to him . Every one trusted him . It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the sou- briquet " Honest Abe " -a characterization that he never dis- honored , and an abbreviation that he never outgrew ...
... voted to him . Every one trusted him . It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the sou- briquet " Honest Abe " -a characterization that he never dis- honored , and an abbreviation that he never outgrew ...
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... vote of the New Salem precinct , as shown by the poll - book in the clerk's office at Springfield , was , at this time , for Congress : Jonathan H. Pugh 179 , Joseph Duncan 97 ; while the vote for Abraham Lincoln for the legislature was ...
... vote of the New Salem precinct , as shown by the poll - book in the clerk's office at Springfield , was , at this time , for Congress : Jonathan H. Pugh 179 , Joseph Duncan 97 ; while the vote for Abraham Lincoln for the legislature was ...
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Josiah Gilbert Holland. Lincoln during his brief military campaign . All his soldiers voted for him , and worked for his election wherever they had influence . But he was defeated on the general vote , and im- mediately looked about to ...
Josiah Gilbert Holland. Lincoln during his brief military campaign . All his soldiers voted for him , and worked for his election wherever they had influence . But he was defeated on the general vote , and im- mediately looked about to ...
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... vote given him for the legis- lature by political friend and foe , wherever in the county he was known , illustrates his wonderful popularity . All the circumstances considered , it was probably without a precedent or parallel . When we ...
... vote given him for the legis- lature by political friend and foe , wherever in the county he was known , illustrates his wonderful popularity . All the circumstances considered , it was probably without a precedent or parallel . When we ...
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