Living Letters from American HistoryEdward Boykin |
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... offered me part of his house . I cannot compose myself to write any further at present . I will add more as I hear further . Tuesday afternoon I have been so much agitated , that I have not been able to write since Sabbath day . When I ...
... offered me part of his house . I cannot compose myself to write any further at present . I will add more as I hear further . Tuesday afternoon I have been so much agitated , that I have not been able to write since Sabbath day . When I ...
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... offered by General Beauregard , being the same offered by him on " ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FOREVER " 313.
... offered by General Beauregard , being the same offered by him on " ONE AND INSEPARABLE NOW AND FOREVER " 313.
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... offered their services to the Confederacy . One of these was Colonel Robert E. Lee , of Virginia , perhaps the best - equipped officer in the army . There is something strangely parallel in these next two letters . In a sense both ...
... offered their services to the Confederacy . One of these was Colonel Robert E. Lee , of Virginia , perhaps the best - equipped officer in the army . There is something strangely parallel in these next two letters . In a sense both ...
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refuses to answer a letter and loses thirteen fine | 9 |
Benjamin Franklin makes a freak suggestion | 15 |
John Adams writes his wife news of the Declaration of Inde | 21 |
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