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... wanted to see the winner in person , and they gave Lincoln his hardest day since the election . A crowd which awaited his arrival followed him into his office , in complete disregard of the schedule , and for ten hours he could do ...
... wanted to see the winner in person , and they gave Lincoln his hardest day since the election . A crowd which awaited his arrival followed him into his office , in complete disregard of the schedule , and for ten hours he could do ...
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... wanted . The President Elect's daily program at this juncture took on an unwonted quiet , and he found sorely - needed time to think and plan . The weather had come to his aid with a week of snow , sleet , and rain which made ...
... wanted . The President Elect's daily program at this juncture took on an unwonted quiet , and he found sorely - needed time to think and plan . The weather had come to his aid with a week of snow , sleet , and rain which made ...
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... wanted , so he appointed the Ken- tuckian to the court of the Romanovs . Clay never got over the slight , claiming that Lincoln had , in writing , invited him to be Secretary of War , a letter nobody has ever been able to find.1 In ...
... wanted , so he appointed the Ken- tuckian to the court of the Romanovs . Clay never got over the slight , claiming that Lincoln had , in writing , invited him to be Secretary of War , a letter nobody has ever been able to find.1 In ...
Contents
PREFACE V | 3 |
THE BATTLE OF FACTION | 152 |
COMPROMISES AND COMPROMISERS | 190 |
Copyright | |
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