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... Dear Sir : Washington , March 24th . 1848 . Your very worthy representative , Gov. McDowell has given me your name and address , and , as my father was born in Rock- ingham , from whence his father , Abraham Lincoln , emigrated to ...
... Dear Sir : Washington , March 24th . 1848 . Your very worthy representative , Gov. McDowell has given me your name and address , and , as my father was born in Rock- ingham , from whence his father , Abraham Lincoln , emigrated to ...
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... Dear Sir : Washington , Jan : 5. 1849 Your note , requesting my " signature with a sentiment " was received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sen ...
... Dear Sir : Washington , Jan : 5. 1849 Your note , requesting my " signature with a sentiment " was received , and should have been answered long since , but that it was mislaid . I am not a very sentimental man ; and the best sen ...
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... dear Sir Executive Mansion , Washington , Nov. 24. , 1862 . I have just received , and read , your letter of the 20th . The purport of it is that we lost the late elections , and the adminis- tration is failing , because the war is ...
... dear Sir Executive Mansion , Washington , Nov. 24. , 1862 . I have just received , and read , your letter of the 20th . The purport of it is that we lost the late elections , and the adminis- tration is failing , because the war is ...
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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