Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and the War YearsThis biography is drawn from the six volume work on Lincoln and new research uncovered since the original publication. |
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... Cabinet had no bearing . The Republican Senators in secret caucus December 15 , 1862 , discussed a letter written by Seward to Minister Adams six months before . Senator Sumner had taken the letter to Lincoln and asked if he had ...
... Cabinet had no bearing . The Republican Senators in secret caucus December 15 , 1862 , discussed a letter written by Seward to Minister Adams six months before . Senator Sumner had taken the letter to Lincoln and asked if he had ...
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... Cabinet . He dwelt on the public belief that the Secretary of State was not in accord with a majority of the Cabinet . Again , in the conduct of the war almost every officer known as an antislavery man had been disgraced . The Democrats ...
... Cabinet . He dwelt on the public belief that the Secretary of State was not in accord with a majority of the Cabinet . Again , in the conduct of the war almost every officer known as an antislavery man had been disgraced . The Democrats ...
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... Cabinet , to sit face to face in a three - cornered session . The President told them he had invited the Cabinet , with the exception of Seward , to meet the committee for a free and friendly conversation in which all , including the ...
... Cabinet , to sit face to face in a three - cornered session . The President told them he had invited the Cabinet , with the exception of Seward , to meet the committee for a free and friendly conversation in which all , including the ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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