Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... Missouri . Schofield's authority often tangled with that of Missouri's provisional gov- ernor , 65 - year - old Hamilton Rowan Gamble . Virginia - born of Irish immi- grants , his wife from South Carolina , Gamble had been member of the ...
... Missouri . Schofield's authority often tangled with that of Missouri's provisional gov- ernor , 65 - year - old Hamilton Rowan Gamble . Virginia - born of Irish immi- grants , his wife from South Carolina , Gamble had been member of the ...
Page 450
... Missouri radicals . Hay wrote December 13 of the President " very much displeased " at fresh reports from Missouri . Congressman Washburne had been in Missouri and saw , or thought he saw , that Schofield was overplaying his hand in ...
... Missouri radicals . Hay wrote December 13 of the President " very much displeased " at fresh reports from Missouri . Congressman Washburne had been in Missouri and saw , or thought he saw , that Schofield was overplaying his hand in ...
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... Missouri ; otherwise a ques- tion of veracity , in relation to his declarations as to his interfering , or not , with the Missouri Legislature , will be made with him , which will create an additional amount of trouble , not to be ...
... Missouri ; otherwise a ques- tion of veracity , in relation to his declarations as to his interfering , or not , with the Missouri Legislature , will be made with him , which will create an additional amount of trouble , not to be ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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