The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President |
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In 1836, he was admitted to the bar, and was the same year again elected to the Legislature — an honor conferred on him by his fellow-citizens successively in 1838 and 1840. This closed for a time his political career.
In 1836, he was admitted to the bar, and was the same year again elected to the Legislature — an honor conferred on him by his fellow-citizens successively in 1838 and 1840. This closed for a time his political career.
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Some of his descendants pushing southward became citizens of Virginia , and here in Rockingham county was born Abraham Lincoln , the grandfather of the President , and the eldest of five brothers . The influence of affairs had ...
Some of his descendants pushing southward became citizens of Virginia , and here in Rockingham county was born Abraham Lincoln , the grandfather of the President , and the eldest of five brothers . The influence of affairs had ...
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This early choice of one who was at most a clerk and hand in a country store , shows how clearly his fellow - citizens had recognized him as one born to be a ruler of men .
This early choice of one who was at most a clerk and hand in a country store , shows how clearly his fellow - citizens had recognized him as one born to be a ruler of men .
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In 1836 , he was admitted to the bar , and was the same year again elected to the Legislature -an honor conferred on him by his fellow - citizens successively in 1838 and 1840 . This closed for a time his political career .
In 1836 , he was admitted to the bar , and was the same year again elected to the Legislature -an honor conferred on him by his fellow - citizens successively in 1838 and 1840 . This closed for a time his political career .
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6 to receive him ( the envoy of the United States ) , or listen to his propositions , but , after a long - continued series of menaces , have at last invaded our territory , and shed the blood of our fellow - citizens on our own soil .
6 to receive him ( the envoy of the United States ) , or listen to his propositions , but , after a long - continued series of menaces , have at last invaded our territory , and shed the blood of our fellow - citizens on our own soil .
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| Title | The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President, John Gilmary Shea |
| Editor | John Gilmary Shea |
| Publisher | Bunce & Huntington, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608364290, 9780608364292 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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