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... Springfield , Illinois , 7 May 1837. ] Friend Mary : I have commenced two letters to send you before this , both of which displeased me before I got half done , and so I tore them up . The first I thought was not serious enough , and ...
... Springfield , Illinois , 7 May 1837. ] Friend Mary : I have commenced two letters to send you before this , both of which displeased me before I got half done , and so I tore them up . The first I thought was not serious enough , and ...
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... Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satis- fied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be poor , without the means of hiding your ...
... Springfield . I am afraid you would not be satis- fied . There is a great deal of flourishing about in carriages here , which it would be your doom to see without sharing it . You would have to be poor , without the means of hiding your ...
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... Springfield , Illinois , 1 April 1838. ] Dear Madam : Without apologizing for being egotistical , I shall make the history of so much of my life as has elapsed since I saw you the subject of this letter . And , by the way , I now ...
... Springfield , Illinois , 1 April 1838. ] Dear Madam : Without apologizing for being egotistical , I shall make the history of so much of my life as has elapsed since I saw you the subject of this letter . And , by the way , I now ...
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... Springfield , Illinois , 20 ( ? ) December 1839. ] Mr. Lamborn insists that the difference between the Van Buren party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in princi- ple ...
... Springfield , Illinois , 20 ( ? ) December 1839. ] Mr. Lamborn insists that the difference between the Van Buren party and the Whigs is that although the former sometimes err in practice , they are always correct in princi- ple ...
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... Springfield , Illinois , 1 March 1840. ] Dear Stuart : I have never seen the prospects of our party so bright in these parts as they are now . We shall carry this county by a larger majority than we did in 1836 , when you ran against ...
... Springfield , Illinois , 1 March 1840. ] Dear Stuart : I have never seen the prospects of our party so bright in these parts as they are now . We shall carry this county by a larger majority than we did in 1836 , when you ran against ...
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