Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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Page 69
... Majors Stillman and Bailey , were eager to encounter the Indians - perhaps thinking it would be fun to chase them across the prairies . The horsemen advanced and reached Old Man's Creek , where they suddenly found themselves confronted ...
... Majors Stillman and Bailey , were eager to encounter the Indians - perhaps thinking it would be fun to chase them across the prairies . The horsemen advanced and reached Old Man's Creek , where they suddenly found themselves confronted ...
Page 77
... Major John T. Stuart . The last named served with him in the war with the Indians . His old comrade was very kind , and loaned him a law - book . The people of New Salem sometimes saw him stretched upon the ground beneath an oak - tree ...
... Major John T. Stuart . The last named served with him in the war with the Indians . His old comrade was very kind , and loaned him a law - book . The people of New Salem sometimes saw him stretched upon the ground beneath an oak - tree ...
Page 95
... Major John T. Stuart , who had been a fellow - soldier in the cam- paign against the Indians , was ready to receive him as a partner . We are not to conclude that a crowd of people came flocking to the office of Stuart & Lincoln with ...
... Major John T. Stuart , who had been a fellow - soldier in the cam- paign against the Indians , was ready to receive him as a partner . We are not to conclude that a crowd of people came flocking to the office of Stuart & Lincoln with ...
Page 210
... request was granted , and Major Robert Anderson , of Kentucky , was appointed to succeed him . The Secessionists did not know how dearly he loved the flag of his country , or how true he 210 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
... request was granted , and Major Robert Anderson , of Kentucky , was appointed to succeed him . The Secessionists did not know how dearly he loved the flag of his country , or how true he 210 LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN .
Page 211
... Major Anderson , but he had other things to think of . He had made a contract with the firm of Russell & Co. to transport supplies for the army from St. Louis to Utah , and had paid them more than two million dollars in excess of money ...
... Major Anderson , but he had other things to think of . He had made a contract with the firm of Russell & Co. to transport supplies for the army from St. Louis to Utah , and had paid them more than two million dollars in excess of money ...
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