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... Secretary , do you suppose Palmerston will understand our position from my letter , just as it is ? " " Certainly , Mr. President . " " Do you suppose the London Times will ? " " Certainly . " " Do you suppose the average Englishman of ...
... Secretary , do you suppose Palmerston will understand our position from my letter , just as it is ? " " Certainly , Mr. President . " " Do you suppose the London Times will ? " " Certainly . " " Do you suppose the average Englishman of ...
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... SECRETARY OF WAR EDWIN M. STANTON D Executive Mansion , November 11 , 1863 EAR SIR : I personally wish Jacob Freese , of New Jersey , to be appointed colonel for a colored regi- ment , and this regardless of whether he can tell the ...
... SECRETARY OF WAR EDWIN M. STANTON D Executive Mansion , November 11 , 1863 EAR SIR : I personally wish Jacob Freese , of New Jersey , to be appointed colonel for a colored regi- ment , and this regardless of whether he can tell the ...
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... Secretary of War , premised Lin- coln's whole theory of Reconstruction . INDORSEMENT ON DOCUMENT TO EDWIN M. STANTON February 5 , 1864 UBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF SWAR . On principle I dislike an oath which re- quires a man to swear he ...
... Secretary of War , premised Lin- coln's whole theory of Reconstruction . INDORSEMENT ON DOCUMENT TO EDWIN M. STANTON February 5 , 1864 UBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY OF SWAR . On principle I dislike an oath which re- quires a man to swear he ...
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| Title | The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
| Author | Abraham Lincoln |
| Editor | H. Jack Lang |
| Publisher | Greenberg, 1941 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 17 Nov 2010 |
| Length | 265 pages |
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