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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Page 64
... Douglas . Once when Stuart took sick , Lincoln went to Bloomington and debated with Douglas . Once in Archer G. Herndon's store , over a sloppy wet floor , Stuart and Douglas tussled and mauled each other , " fought like wildcats ...
... Douglas . Once when Stuart took sick , Lincoln went to Bloomington and debated with Douglas . Once in Archer G. Herndon's store , over a sloppy wet floor , Stuart and Douglas tussled and mauled each other , " fought like wildcats ...
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... Douglas , before crowded galleries , made one of his great dramatic speeches . He denied the President's assertion that the Nebraska Act had carried an obligation merely to submit the slavery question and not the whole consti- tution ...
... Douglas , before crowded galleries , made one of his great dramatic speeches . He denied the President's assertion that the Nebraska Act had carried an obligation merely to submit the slavery question and not the whole consti- tution ...
Page 162
... Douglas ' main speeches of 1858 along with the full text of the Lincoln- Douglas debates . His own speeches were clipped from the friendly Chicago Press & Tribune while Douglas ' speeches were clipped from the Chicago Times . These ...
... Douglas ' main speeches of 1858 along with the full text of the Lincoln- Douglas debates . His own speeches were clipped from the friendly Chicago Press & Tribune while Douglas ' speeches were clipped from the Chicago Times . These ...
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The Young Legislator | 40 |
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