The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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LETTER TO MARY SPEED Bloomington , Ill . , September 27 , 1841 Y FRIEND : MY Having resolved to write to some of your mother's family , and not having the express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty ...
LETTER TO MARY SPEED Bloomington , Ill . , September 27 , 1841 Y FRIEND : MY Having resolved to write to some of your mother's family , and not having the express permission of anyone of them to do so , I have had some little difficulty ...
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It is being executed in the precise way which was intended from the first , else why does no Nebraska man express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like ...
It is being executed in the precise way which was intended from the first , else why does no Nebraska man express astonishment or condemnation ? Poor Reeder is the only public man who has been silly enough to believe that anything like ...
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LETTER TO ULYSSES S. GRANT Executive Mansion Washington , April 30 , 1864 IEUTENANT GENERAL GRANT : L Not expecting to see you again before the Spring campaign opens , I wish to express , in this way , my entire satisfaction with what ...
LETTER TO ULYSSES S. GRANT Executive Mansion Washington , April 30 , 1864 IEUTENANT GENERAL GRANT : L Not expecting to see you again before the Spring campaign opens , I wish to express , in this way , my entire satisfaction with what ...
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Contents
POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
Copyright | |
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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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