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Dear Colonel : I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the public , would entirely destroy the prospects of N. W. ...
Dear Colonel : I am told that during my absence last week you passed through this place , and stated publicly that you were in possession of a fact or facts which , if known to the public , would entirely destroy the prospects of N. W. ...
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... of men certainly not following for a livelihood a very useful or very honest occupation , but one which , so far from being forbidden by the laws , was actually licensed by an act of the legislature passed but a single year before .
... of men certainly not following for a livelihood a very useful or very honest occupation , but one which , so far from being forbidden by the laws , was actually licensed by an act of the legislature passed but a single year before .
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Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution of slavery ...
Resolutions upon the subject of domestic slavery having passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . They believe that the institution of slavery ...
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I had seen the said sister some three years before , thought her intelligent and agreeable , and saw no good objection to plodding life through hand in hand with her . Time passed on , the lady . took her journey , and in due time ...
I had seen the said sister some three years before , thought her intelligent and agreeable , and saw no good objection to plodding life through hand in hand with her . Time passed on , the lady . took her journey , and in due time ...
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Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank and parallel with it , each at the distance of the whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party ...
Next a line drawn on the ground on either side of said plank and parallel with it , each at the distance of the whole length of the sword and three feet additional from the plank ; and the passing of his own such line by either party ...
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| Title | Letters and Addresses of Abraham Lincoln American Civil War, letters and diaries Half-title: The unit books, no. 2 Issue 2 of The Unit books |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | Mary Maclean |
| Publisher | Unit Book Publishing Company, 1907 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 7 Apr 2011 |
| Length | 385 pages |
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