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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... gave him a check to push a real - estate claim in court ; he found the claim no good and told the woman on her next visit to his office that there was no action ; she thanked him , took her papers and was going , when Lincoln said ...
... gave him a check to push a real - estate claim in court ; he found the claim no good and told the woman on her next visit to his office that there was no action ; she thanked him , took her papers and was going , when Lincoln said ...
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... gave it to the colonel ; it was to be dated and sent to the War Department if whisky again got the best of him , which it did . He quit the Army . Grant cleared land on 80 acres near St. Louis left to him by his wife's father . He ...
... gave it to the colonel ; it was to be dated and sent to the War Department if whisky again got the best of him , which it did . He quit the Army . Grant cleared land on 80 acres near St. Louis left to him by his wife's father . He ...
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... gave the House . To that graver and more sedate body , empowered to ratify treaties and conduct foreign affairs , went a copy of a long note written by the Secretary of State to Minister Adams at London , reciting the Hampton Roads ...
... gave the House . To that graver and more sedate body , empowered to ratify treaties and conduct foreign affairs , went a copy of a long note written by the Secretary of State to Minister Adams at London , reciting the Hampton Roads ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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