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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... Governor Pickens . Three commissioners from the Confederate Government had arrived in Washington , instructed to " play with " Seward , which they did . And Seward had " played with " them . What to say to those commissioners , and how ...
... Governor Pickens . Three commissioners from the Confederate Government had arrived in Washington , instructed to " play with " Seward , which they did . And Seward had " played with " them . What to say to those commissioners , and how ...
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... governor , shouted from the campaign platform that if his running mate , Vallandigham , were elected governor there would be " fifty thousand fully armed and equipped freemen of Ohio to receive their Governor - elect at the Canadian ...
... governor , shouted from the campaign platform that if his running mate , Vallandigham , were elected governor there would be " fifty thousand fully armed and equipped freemen of Ohio to receive their Governor - elect at the Canadian ...
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... governor . " Is your Betsy Ann an obliging woman ? " She was certainly very kind , the ex - governor responded soberly . " Could she do other things than wash ? " the President asked without batting an eyelash . Oh , yes , she was very ...
... governor . " Is your Betsy Ann an obliging woman ? " She was certainly very kind , the ex - governor responded soberly . " Could she do other things than wash ? " the President asked without batting an eyelash . Oh , yes , she was very ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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