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 DeathIncludes added anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln, by F.B. Carpenter. |
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... HOUSE OF CONGRESS . " YOURS , & c . , " A. LINCOLN . " Around the facts stated with such characteristic mod- esty and brevity clusters the history of the early life of our late President . The ancestors of Abraham Lincoln were of ...
... HOUSE OF CONGRESS . " YOURS , & c . , " A. LINCOLN . " Around the facts stated with such characteristic mod- esty and brevity clusters the history of the early life of our late President . The ancestors of Abraham Lincoln were of ...
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... House , in connec- tion with a colleague , his reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This document , which now possesses historical interest , reads as follows : - MARCH 8 , 1887 . The following protest was presented to ...
... House , in connec- tion with a colleague , his reasons for voting in opposition to the resolutions . This document , which now possesses historical interest , reads as follows : - MARCH 8 , 1887 . The following protest was presented to ...
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... house , and whilst the prisoner was being brought from the jail , the court - room was filled to overflowing with citizens from the town . When the prisoner and his mother entered , silence reigned as completely as though the house were ...
... house , and whilst the prisoner was being brought from the jail , the court - room was filled to overflowing with citizens from the town . When the prisoner and his mother entered , silence reigned as completely as though the house were ...
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... to be false , and he accordingly attacked it in a series of resolutions requesting the President to give the House information on that point ; which President Polk would have found 34 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
... to be false , and he accordingly attacked it in a series of resolutions requesting the President to give the House information on that point ; which President Polk would have found 34 THE LIFE , PUBLIC SERVICES , AND.
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... House of Representatives , That the President of the United States be respectfully requested to inform this House- 1st . Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens was shed , as in his messages declared , was or was not within ...
... House of Representatives , That the President of the United States be respectfully requested to inform this House- 1st . Whether the spot on which the blood of our citizens was shed , as in his messages declared , was or was not within ...
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