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... houses . In the center of the town sat the State House , a well proportioned building constructed of light brown native stone in Greek revival style of architecture . Still comparatively new , the square park in which the capitol sat ...
... houses . In the center of the town sat the State House , a well proportioned building constructed of light brown native stone in Greek revival style of architecture . Still comparatively new , the square park in which the capitol sat ...
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... House each morning before eight , after a short walk from his home at Eighth and Jackson Streets , Lincoln first asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with ...
... House each morning before eight , after a short walk from his home at Eighth and Jackson Streets , Lincoln first asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with ...
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... House was that other " so called conservatives " who might have proved acceptable would " probably be carried a like distance before long , by the seces- sion movement . " John M. Botts had not delivered any anti- Republican ...
... House was that other " so called conservatives " who might have proved acceptable would " probably be carried a like distance before long , by the seces- sion movement . " John M. Botts had not delivered any anti- Republican ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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