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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... sent to Washington for approval by Congress . While the debate dragged on for months in Congress , President Pierce sent two governors to Kansas , Buchanan sent another and another , and each failed at bringing order and peace . John W ...
... sent to Washington for approval by Congress . While the debate dragged on for months in Congress , President Pierce sent two governors to Kansas , Buchanan sent another and another , and each failed at bringing order and peace . John W ...
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... sent you here ? " they asked . “ No man sent me here . It was my own prompting and that of my Maker . " " What was your object ? " " I came to free the slaves . I think it right to interfere with you to free those you hold in bondage ...
... sent you here ? " they asked . “ No man sent me here . It was my own prompting and that of my Maker . " " What was your object ? " " I came to free the slaves . I think it right to interfere with you to free those you hold in bondage ...
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... sent from Willard's a written request to know when she might deliver Frémont's letter to the President . A White House messenger brought back a card : " Now , at once . A. Lincoln . " Near nine in the evening she walked to the White ...
... sent from Willard's a written request to know when she might deliver Frémont's letter to the President . A White House messenger brought back a card : " Now , at once . A. Lincoln . " Near nine in the evening she walked to the White ...
Contents
Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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