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Page 28
... Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday is received . In the diffi- culty between us of which you speak , you say you think I was the aggressor . I do not think I was . You say my " words imported insult . " I meant them as a fair set - off ...
... Dear Sir : Your note of yesterday is received . In the diffi- culty between us of which you speak , you say you think I was the aggressor . I do not think I was . You say my " words imported insult . " I meant them as a fair set - off ...
Page 58
... Dear Sir : On last evening I received a copy of the “ Belle- ville Advocate , " with the appearance of having been sent by a private hand ; and inasmuch as it contained your oration on the occasion of the celebrating of the battle of ...
... Dear Sir : On last evening I received a copy of the “ Belle- ville Advocate , " with the appearance of having been sent by a private hand ; and inasmuch as it contained your oration on the occasion of the celebrating of the battle of ...
Page 85
... dear Sir : The volume you left for me has been re- ceived . I am really grateful for the honor of your kind remembrance , as well as for the book . The partial reading I have already given it has afforded me much of both pleasure and ...
... dear Sir : The volume you left for me has been re- ceived . I am really grateful for the honor of your kind remembrance , as well as for the book . The partial reading I have already given it has afforded me much of both pleasure and ...
Page 135
... Dear Sir : Yours of the 15th is just received . I wrote you the same day . As to the pecuniary matter , I am will- ing to pay according to my ability ; but I am the poorest hand living to get others to pay . I have been on expenses so ...
... Dear Sir : Yours of the 15th is just received . I wrote you the same day . As to the pecuniary matter , I am will- ing to pay according to my ability ; but I am the poorest hand living to get others to pay . I have been on expenses so ...
Page 136
... Dear Sir : Yours of the 13th was received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred de- feats . Douglas had the ingenuity to be supported in the late ...
... Dear Sir : Yours of the 13th was received some days ago . The fight must go on . The cause of civil liberty must not be surrendered at the end of one or even one hundred de- feats . Douglas had the ingenuity to be supported in the late ...
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