A House Dividing: Lincoln as President Elect |
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... asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with the aid of the secretary , Nicolay , who slept in the building . If important visitors were in town ...
... asked his secretary if there was any fresh news.1 Having heard it , or that there was none , Lincoln attacked the mail with the aid of the secretary , Nicolay , who slept in the building . If important visitors were in town ...
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... asked him to . Since the election Weed and his henchmen had been discreet about bear- ing down in person upon the future President with demands for favors , a phenomenon which caused much comment at the Republican Mecca . " One ...
... asked him to . Since the election Weed and his henchmen had been discreet about bear- ing down in person upon the future President with demands for favors , a phenomenon which caused much comment at the Republican Mecca . " One ...
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... asking him to withdraw . which Mr. Cameron then did . . . . 993 Such frankness was going too far , thought the ... asked to withdraw , but because , before Cameron " accepted the place officially in writing to Mr. 1Dispatch of Jan ...
... asking him to withdraw . which Mr. Cameron then did . . . . 993 Such frankness was going too far , thought the ... asked to withdraw , but because , before Cameron " accepted the place officially in writing to Mr. 1Dispatch of Jan ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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