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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... meeting Lincoln had all his counselors but one against him . He was reminded of a revival meeting in Illinois when a fellow with a few drinks too many in him had walked up the aisle to a front pew . All eyes were on him , but he didn't ...
... meeting Lincoln had all his counselors but one against him . He was reminded of a revival meeting in Illinois when a fellow with a few drinks too many in him had walked up the aisle to a front pew . All eyes were on him , but he didn't ...
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... meeting an alleged January agreement to pay wages of $ 3 a day ; the strike was broken in two days by engineers who went back to work reinforced by engineers brought on from New York and other eastern cities . The Brotherhood of the ...
... meeting an alleged January agreement to pay wages of $ 3 a day ; the strike was broken in two days by engineers who went back to work reinforced by engineers brought on from New York and other eastern cities . The Brotherhood of the ...
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... meeting of 20,000 people in Union Square heard ex - Mayor George Opdyke , Senator Pomeroy , Magnus Gross , Hiram Walbridge , James T. Brady , General T. F. Meagher and other orators pay tribute to General Grant . The announced and ...
... meeting of 20,000 people in Union Square heard ex - Mayor George Opdyke , Senator Pomeroy , Magnus Gross , Hiram Walbridge , James T. Brady , General T. F. Meagher and other orators pay tribute to General Grant . The announced and ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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