Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States"Life of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States" by Frank Crosby. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format. |
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... known as La Rue county, Kentucky. He had one sister, two years his senior, who died, married, in early womanhood; and his only brother, his junior by two years, died in childhood. When nine years of age, he lost his mother, the family ...
... known as La Rue county, Kentucky. He had one sister, two years his senior, who died, married, in early womanhood; and his only brother, his junior by two years, died in childhood. When nine years of age, he lost his mother, the family ...
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... known as the Black Hawk war, from an old Sac chief of that name, who was the prominent mover in the matter. In New Salem and vicinity, a company of volunteers was promptly raised, of which young Lincoln was elected captain — his first ...
... known as the Black Hawk war, from an old Sac chief of that name, who was the prominent mover in the matter. In New Salem and vicinity, a company of volunteers was promptly raised, of which young Lincoln was elected captain — his first ...
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... known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for representative in the State Legislature , although a little later in the same canvass General Jackson , the Democratic candidate for ...
... known , in securing an almost unanimous vote in his own precinct in Sangamon county as a candidate for representative in the State Legislature , although a little later in the same canvass General Jackson , the Democratic candidate for ...
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... known as the Ordinance of '87. “The question of federal control of slavery in the territories, seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution; and hence it is not recorded that the 'thirty ...
... known as the Ordinance of '87. “The question of federal control of slavery in the territories, seems not to have been directly before the Convention which framed the original Constitution; and hence it is not recorded that the 'thirty ...
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... known. They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from Federal authority, or some provision or principle of the Constitution, stood in the way; or they may, without any such question, have voted against the ...
... known. They may have done so because they thought a proper division of local from Federal authority, or some provision or principle of the Constitution, stood in the way; or they may, without any such question, have voted against the ...
Contents
NOMINATED AND ELECTED PRESIDENT | |
TO WASHINGTON | |
THE NEW ADMINISTRATION | |
PREPARING FOR | |
LAST SESSION OF THE THIRTYSEVENTH CONGRESS | |
THE TIDE TURNED | |
LETTERS AND SPEECHES | |
THE THIRTYEIGHTH CONGRESS | |
PROGRESS | |
RENOMINATED | |
RECONSTRUCTION | |
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864 | |
THE FIRST SESSION OF CONGRESS | |
CLOSE OF 1861 | |
THE CONGRESS OF 18612 | |
THE SLAVERY QUESTION | |
THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN | |
FREEDOM TO MILLIONS | |
REELECTED | |
TIGHTENING THE LINES | |
IN RICHMOND | |
THE LAST | |
THE | |
APPENDIX SPEECH ON THE MEXICAN | |
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