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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... land then Perry County , later Spencer County , Indiana . They traveled a wild raw country , rolling land with trees everywhere , tall oaks and elms , maples , birches , dogwood , under- brush tied down by ever - winding grapevines ...
... land then Perry County , later Spencer County , Indiana . They traveled a wild raw country , rolling land with trees everywhere , tall oaks and elms , maples , birches , dogwood , under- brush tied down by ever - winding grapevines ...
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... land you have , and my life upon it , you will never after , own a spot big enough to bury you in . Half you will get for the land , you spend in moving to Missouri , and the other half you will eat and drink , and wear out , & no foot of ...
... land you have , and my life upon it , you will never after , own a spot big enough to bury you in . Half you will get for the land , you spend in moving to Missouri , and the other half you will eat and drink , and wear out , & no foot of ...
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... lands , millions of acres northwest and southwest . Land speculators , interests , powerful in Washington , for reasons of their own do not want free land for actual settlers . A few Senators try to get a free homestead law and fail . Free ...
... lands , millions of acres northwest and southwest . Land speculators , interests , powerful in Washington , for reasons of their own do not want free land for actual settlers . A few Senators try to get a free homestead law and fail . Free ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
Copyright | |
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