Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... bringing Sir Edmund Andros , who had been appointed Governor of Massachusetts , Plymouth , Rhode Island , and Connecticut . He had brought over two companies of troops to aid him in upsetting the government of the people . It seems that ...
... bringing Sir Edmund Andros , who had been appointed Governor of Massachusetts , Plymouth , Rhode Island , and Connecticut . He had brought over two companies of troops to aid him in upsetting the government of the people . It seems that ...
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... bring down a deer when it was upon the run . His parents allowed him to go out alone , for on dark and cloudy days he could keep the points of compass , and was never in dan- ger of being lost . One night he did not return . The second ...
... bring down a deer when it was upon the run . His parents allowed him to go out alone , for on dark and cloudy days he could keep the points of compass , and was never in dan- ger of being lost . One night he did not return . The second ...
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... bring him down with a bullet , and take his scalp . Abraham Lincoln was at work in the clearing with his three boys - Mordecai , ten years old ; Josiah , eight ; and Thomas , six . A bullet fired by an Indian pierced his heart . The ...
... bring him down with a bullet , and take his scalp . Abraham Lincoln was at work in the clearing with his three boys - Mordecai , ten years old ; Josiah , eight ; and Thomas , six . A bullet fired by an Indian pierced his heart . The ...
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... bring down a deer with the rifle . Abraham once shot a turkey with his father's gun by firing through the crevice between the timbers , for he did not like to see any animal put to death . He was growing rapidly , and was so strong that ...
... bring down a deer with the rifle . Abraham once shot a turkey with his father's gun by firing through the crevice between the timbers , for he did not like to see any animal put to death . He was growing rapidly , and was so strong that ...
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... bring only $ 1 a barrel . Whiskey could be had for 15 cents a gallon . Tea cost $ 1 a pound . Twelve bar- rels of flour would purchase one yard of " broad " cloth . ( " ) Times were hard in the Eastern as well as the Western States ...
... bring only $ 1 a barrel . Whiskey could be had for 15 cents a gallon . Tea cost $ 1 a pound . Twelve bar- rels of flour would purchase one yard of " broad " cloth . ( " ) Times were hard in the Eastern as well as the Western States ...
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