The Life and Public Services of Abraham Lincoln ...: Together with His State Papers, Including His Speeches, Addresses, Messages, Letters, and Proclamations, and the Closing Scenes Connected with His Life and Death |
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... friends by rolling up a major- ity of fifteen hundred and eleven . To add to the signifi- cance of his triumph , he was the only Whig representative from Illinois , which had then seven members in that body . This Congress had before it ...
... friends by rolling up a major- ity of fifteen hundred and eleven . To add to the signifi- cance of his triumph , he was the only Whig representative from Illinois , which had then seven members in that body . This Congress had before it ...
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... friends , and accord- ingly spent most of his time during the canvass in that section of the country . Although he failed to carry his own State for his favorite candidate , his disappointment was entirely forgotten in General Taylor's ...
... friends , and accord- ingly spent most of his time during the canvass in that section of the country . Although he failed to carry his own State for his favorite candidate , his disappointment was entirely forgotten in General Taylor's ...
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... friends of freedom gathered themselves together and ral- lied round her banner , to meet the conflict which was plainly now closely impending , and which had been forced upon the people by the grasping ambition of the slave- holders ...
... friends of freedom gathered themselves together and ral- lied round her banner , to meet the conflict which was plainly now closely impending , and which had been forced upon the people by the grasping ambition of the slave- holders ...
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... friends for Judge Trumbull , who was accordingly chosen Senator . The charge was after- wards made by the enemies of both , that there had been in this matter a breach of faith on the part of Judge Trumbull , and that Mr. Lincoln had ...
... friends for Judge Trumbull , who was accordingly chosen Senator . The charge was after- wards made by the enemies of both , that there had been in this matter a breach of faith on the part of Judge Trumbull , and that Mr. Lincoln had ...
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... friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle between freedom and slavery for the possession of Kansas was at its height . A few days after his inauguration , the Su ...
... friends . On the 4th of March , 1857 , Mr. Buchanan had taken his seat in the Presidential chair . The struggle between freedom and slavery for the possession of Kansas was at its height . A few days after his inauguration , the Su ...
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