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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... passed through a harder experience than he did in going from Thompson's Ferry to Spenser County , Indiana . " Thus , before he was eight years old , Abraham Lincoln began the serious business of life . The cabin in which the family ...
... passed through a harder experience than he did in going from Thompson's Ferry to Spenser County , Indiana . " Thus , before he was eight years old , Abraham Lincoln began the serious business of life . The cabin in which the family ...
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... passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . 36 They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but ...
... passed both branches of the General Assembly at its present session , the undersigned hereby protest against the passage of the same . 36 They believe that the institution of slavery is founded on both injustice and bad policy ; but ...
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... passed from earth - was arrested on the charge of murder . A young man had been killed during a riotous mêlée in the night - time at a camp - meeting , and one of his associates stated that the death - wound was inflicted by young ...
... passed from earth - was arrested on the charge of murder . A young man had been killed during a riotous mêlée in the night - time at a camp - meeting , and one of his associates stated that the death - wound was inflicted by young ...
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... passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave new and increased force to the popular feel- ing in favor of freedom , which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited . Everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves ...
... passed May 22 , 1854 , and the event gave new and increased force to the popular feel- ing in favor of freedom , which the proposition to repeal the Missouri Compromise had excited . Everywhere the friends of freedom gathered themselves ...
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... passed through Congress on April 30th , 1858 , under what is known as the English Bill , whereby the Constitution was to be submitted to the votes of the people of Kansas , with the offer of heavy bribes to them , in the way of ...
... passed through Congress on April 30th , 1858 , under what is known as the English Bill , whereby the Constitution was to be submitted to the votes of the people of Kansas , with the offer of heavy bribes to them , in the way of ...
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