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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... SPRINGFIELD , May 7 , 1837 I have commenced two letters to send you before this , both of which displeased me before I got half done , and so I tore them up . The first I ... SPRINGFIELD , Aug. 16th 1837 You will LAWYER IN SPRINGFIELD 57.
... SPRINGFIELD , May 7 , 1837 I have commenced two letters to send you before this , both of which displeased me before I got half done , and so I tore them up . The first I ... SPRINGFIELD , Aug. 16th 1837 You will LAWYER IN SPRINGFIELD 57.
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... Springfield bank . On watch and swift , he was against repeated resolutions to repeal the bill making Springfield the state capital . After two weeks he was back in Spring- field joining in the dirtiest mud - slinging campaign that ...
... Springfield bank . On watch and swift , he was against repeated resolutions to repeal the bill making Springfield the state capital . After two weeks he was back in Spring- field joining in the dirtiest mud - slinging campaign that ...
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... Springfield , for months he carried on a furious and snarled cam- paign of letter writing , conferences ... Springfield ACK in Springfield picking up law practice again he still had his sense of humor and the advice he had long ago given ...
... Springfield , for months he carried on a furious and snarled cam- paign of letter writing , conferences ... Springfield ACK in Springfield picking up law practice again he still had his sense of humor and the advice he had long ago given ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
Copyright | |
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