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... Louisiana Missouri thinking it was the State of Louisiana . This Merryman hoots at , and is preparing his publica- tion — while the town is in a ferment and a street fight somewhat anticipated . But I began this letter not for what I ...
... Louisiana Missouri thinking it was the State of Louisiana . This Merryman hoots at , and is preparing his publica- tion — while the town is in a ferment and a street fight somewhat anticipated . But I began this letter not for what I ...
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Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandberg Roy Prentice Basler. Louisiana . The new constitution of Louisiana , declaring emancipa- tion for the whole State , practically applies the Proclamation to the part previously excepted . It does not adopt ...
Abraham Lincoln, Carl Sandberg Roy Prentice Basler. Louisiana . The new constitution of Louisiana , declaring emancipa- tion for the whole State , practically applies the Proclamation to the part previously excepted . It does not adopt ...
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... Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl , we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it ? Again , if we reject Louisiana , we also reject one vote in favor of the proposed amendment to ...
... Louisiana is only to what it should be as the egg is to the fowl , we shall sooner have the fowl by hatching the egg than by smashing it ? Again , if we reject Louisiana , we also reject one vote in favor of the proposed amendment to ...
Contents
Political Announcement | 53 |
Letter to Colonel Robert Allen June 21 1836 | 59 |
Letter to Miss Mary Owens May 7 1837 | 73 |
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