The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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If she is , kiss her “ o'er and o'er again ” a for me . Tell your mother that I have not got her " present ” ( an “ Oxford ” Bible ) with me , but I intend to read it regularly when I return home ...
If she is , kiss her “ o'er and o'er again ” a for me . Tell your mother that I have not got her " present ” ( an “ Oxford ” Bible ) with me , but I intend to read it regularly when I return home ...
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... will take the oath of allegiance usually taken in such cases , he may be discharged . Please , ascertain and inform me whether he will do it . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN wwwww www wwwwwwwwww 79 “ My view of the present ( 122 )
... will take the oath of allegiance usually taken in such cases , he may be discharged . Please , ascertain and inform me whether he will do it . Yours very truly , A. LINCOLN wwwww www wwwwwwwwww 79 “ My view of the present ( 122 )
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Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that range , in opposition to that army , is simply nothing for the present , because such man or men have no power whatever to enforce their side of a compromise , if one were made with ...
Any offer of terms made by any man or men within that range , in opposition to that army , is simply nothing for the present , because such man or men have no power whatever to enforce their side of a compromise , if one were made with ...
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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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