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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... United States . " The applause was a slight ripple . Then came the inaugural address ; Lincoln drew the papers from ... United States , and will , to the best of my ability , preserve , protect , and defend the Constitution of the United ...
... United States . " The applause was a slight ripple . Then came the inaugural address ; Lincoln drew the papers from ... United States , and will , to the best of my ability , preserve , protect , and defend the Constitution of the United ...
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... United States , shall be then , thenceforward , and forever free ; and the Executive Govern- ment of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and ...
... United States , shall be then , thenceforward , and forever free ; and the Executive Govern- ment of the United States , including the military and naval authority thereof , will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons , and ...
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... United States . Their dispatch of July 4 re- quested permission to pass through the blockade . The final decision after much consultation was in a telegram sent by Lincoln to the blockading ad- miral : " The request of A. H. Stephens is ...
... United States . Their dispatch of July 4 re- quested permission to pass through the blockade . The final decision after much consultation was in a telegram sent by Lincoln to the blockading ad- miral : " The request of A. H. Stephens is ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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