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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Page 253
... hour later . Nicolay and Hay told him the news . " He listened in silence , without the slightest change of feature or ex- pression , and walked away to army headquarters . " There a dispatch from a captain of engineers read : " The day ...
... hour later . Nicolay and Hay told him the news . " He listened in silence , without the slightest change of feature or ex- pression , and walked away to army headquarters . " There a dispatch from a captain of engineers read : " The day ...
Page 259
... hour , McC . came in and without paying any particular attention to the porter who told him the President was waiting to see him , went upstairs , passing the door of the room where the President and Secretary of State were seated ...
... hour , McC . came in and without paying any particular attention to the porter who told him the President was waiting to see him , went upstairs , passing the door of the room where the President and Secretary of State were seated ...
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... hour by hour passed by to see this effigy and remem- brance of his face and form . They came for many and varied reasons . Hun- dreds who had helped wreck , burn and loot this city , killing scores of police- men and Negroes in the ...
... hour by hour passed by to see this effigy and remem- brance of his face and form . They came for many and varied reasons . Hun- dreds who had helped wreck , burn and loot this city , killing scores of police- men and Negroes in the ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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