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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... 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 to say it without recognizing their Government , Seward took as his own ...
... 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 to say it without recognizing their Government , Seward took as his own ...
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... arrive at the Fredericksburg camp on Sunday and stay till Tuesday morning . In an April snowfall , Lincoln with Tad , Mrs. Lincoln , and a few friends arrived at Aquia Creek water front , lined with transports and Government steamers ...
... arrive at the Fredericksburg camp on Sunday and stay till Tuesday morning . In an April snowfall , Lincoln with Tad , Mrs. Lincoln , and a few friends arrived at Aquia Creek water front , lined with transports and Government steamers ...
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... arrived afoot and horseback - members of the U.S. Government , the Army and Navy , governors of states , mayors of ... arrived . Bands played till noon . Mr. Everett arrived . On the plat- form sat Governors Curtin of Pennsylvania ...
... arrived afoot and horseback - members of the U.S. Government , the Army and Navy , governors of states , mayors of ... arrived . Bands played till noon . Mr. Everett arrived . On the plat- form sat Governors Curtin of Pennsylvania ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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