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... adoption of the first State constitution the whole number of them was -- what do you think ? just 117— while the ... adopted its system of emancipation . If Nebraska Bill is the real author of these benevolent works , it is rather ...
... adoption of the first State constitution the whole number of them was -- what do you think ? just 117— while the ... adopted its system of emancipation . If Nebraska Bill is the real author of these benevolent works , it is rather ...
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... adopted by them . The fact that it was the platform of the Repub- lican party is not denied ; but Mr. Lincoln now says that although his name was on the committee which reported it , he does not think he was there , but thinks he was in ...
... adopted by them . The fact that it was the platform of the Repub- lican party is not denied ; but Mr. Lincoln now says that although his name was on the committee which reported it , he does not think he was there , but thinks he was in ...
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... adopted for this most important utterance some changes in language suggested by O. H. Browning and W. H. Seward . Even here , however , Herndon's statement of Lincoln's inflexibility is not disproved by the adoptions , for in no ...
... adopted for this most important utterance some changes in language suggested by O. H. Browning and W. H. Seward . Even here , however , Herndon's statement of Lincoln's inflexibility is not disproved by the adoptions , for in no ...
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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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