The Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, as Reflected in His Briefer Letters and Speeches |
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REPLY TO CHICAGO CONVENTION COMMITTEE Springfield , Illinois , May 21 , 1860 R. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN M. OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people represented in it ...
REPLY TO CHICAGO CONVENTION COMMITTEE Springfield , Illinois , May 21 , 1860 R. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN M. OF THE COMMITTEE : I tender to you , and through you to the Republican National Convention , and all the people represented in it ...
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... WHEN the New York Tribune assailed the President editorially for not taking a more radical stand on the question of slavery , Lincoln sent to Horace Greeley this famous reply , which ranks near the top of his greatest State Papers .
... WHEN the New York Tribune assailed the President editorially for not taking a more radical stand on the question of slavery , Lincoln sent to Horace Greeley this famous reply , which ranks near the top of his greatest State Papers .
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REPLY TO INTERDENOMINATIONAL RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE September 13 , 1862 TH HE subject presented in the memorial is one upon which I have thought much for weeks past , and I may even say for months . I am approached with the most opposite ...
REPLY TO INTERDENOMINATIONAL RELIGIOUS COMMITTEE September 13 , 1862 TH HE subject presented in the memorial is one upon which I have thought much for weeks past , and I may even say for months . I am approached with the most opposite ...
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POSTMASTER LAWYER REPRESENTATIVE OF | 1 |
To William H Herndon | 16 |
To Stephen A Douglas | 55 |
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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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