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... present at the Chase conference , believed that a cabinet appointment should be pur- sued with caution . As chairman of the New Hampshire delega- tion at the Chicago convention he had done good service for the Lincoln cause . He ...
... present at the Chase conference , believed that a cabinet appointment should be pur- sued with caution . As chairman of the New Hampshire delega- tion at the Chicago convention he had done good service for the Lincoln cause . He ...
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... Present were " seven hundred ladies and gentlemen , composing the political elite of this state , and the beauty and fashion of this vicinity . " The phraseology suggests a royal levee . In reality , Lincoln was 1W . Butler to Trumbull ...
... Present were " seven hundred ladies and gentlemen , composing the political elite of this state , and the beauty and fashion of this vicinity . " The phraseology suggests a royal levee . In reality , Lincoln was 1W . Butler to Trumbull ...
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... present , and Horace Greeley appeared . A heavily attended social reception began the evening . Then Lincoln received the official greetings of Washington civic authorities . Mayor Berrett , a man of doubtful sympathies , alluded to ...
... present , and Horace Greeley appeared . A heavily attended social reception began the evening . Then Lincoln received the official greetings of Washington civic authorities . Mayor Berrett , a man of doubtful sympathies , alluded to ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
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