Abraham LincolnHarper & brothers, 1893 - 542 pages |
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... questions when he stepped down from the pulpit to shake hands with the father and mother . Whatever the mutual attraction may have been , David Elkin and Abraham Lincoln became fast friends . It is plain that the settlers of ...
... questions when he stepped down from the pulpit to shake hands with the father and mother . Whatever the mutual attraction may have been , David Elkin and Abraham Lincoln became fast friends . It is plain that the settlers of ...
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... questions which others of his age did not ask . She knows that her work for this life is ended . Her boy stands by her bedside . GRAVE OF NANCY HANKS LINCOLN , PIGEON CREEK , IND . [ From a photograph taken by the author , October ...
... questions which others of his age did not ask . She knows that her work for this life is ended . Her boy stands by her bedside . GRAVE OF NANCY HANKS LINCOLN , PIGEON CREEK , IND . [ From a photograph taken by the author , October ...
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... questions . The time had come for Pigeon Creek to have a school - house . The settlers felled the trees , cut the trunks into suitable lengths , notched the logs , and rolled them into place . Having no glass , thin strips 1822. of wood ...
... questions . The time had come for Pigeon Creek to have a school - house . The settlers felled the trees , cut the trunks into suitable lengths , notched the logs , and rolled them into place . Having no glass , thin strips 1822. of wood ...
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... questions . ( * ) He made everybody good - na- tured by what he himself had to say . People were talking of the " hard times . " At Pittsburg flour would bring only $ 1 a barrel . Whiskey could be had for 15 cents a gallon . Tea cost ...
... questions . ( * ) He made everybody good - na- tured by what he himself had to say . People were talking of the " hard times . " At Pittsburg flour would bring only $ 1 a barrel . Whiskey could be had for 15 cents a gallon . Tea cost ...
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... question is settled - duty ! obligation ! On Sunday evenings , in the old Kentucky home , when he was a little boy , his mother talked about doing right . He hears once more the words that fell from her lips as he stood by her side for ...
... question is settled - duty ! obligation ! On Sunday evenings , in the old Kentucky home , when he was a little boy , his mother talked about doing right . He hears once more the words that fell from her lips as he stood by her side for ...
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