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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... weeks ' spree . Good people said , " You're killing yourself . ” In six weeks , however , he had mastered his books , and Calhoun put him to work on the north end of Sangamon County . The open air and sun helped as he worked in field ...
... weeks ' spree . Good people said , " You're killing yourself . ” In six weeks , however , he had mastered his books , and Calhoun put him to work on the north end of Sangamon County . The open air and sun helped as he worked in field ...
Page 276
... week to week the contact grew worse between the political power , as embodied in Lincoln and Congress , and the military ... weeks he ran his armies , from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and beyond , from his bed . Lincoln wrote Chase a ...
... week to week the contact grew worse between the political power , as embodied in Lincoln and Congress , and the military ... weeks he ran his armies , from the Atlantic to the Mississippi and beyond , from his bed . Lincoln wrote Chase a ...
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... weeks when the daily totals were from $ 2,000,000 to $ 6,000,000 , the drive of Jay Cooke's vision and bustling ... week after the Army of the Potomac took its heavy slaughter at Chancellorsville no less than $ 8,000,000 in bonds were ...
... weeks when the daily totals were from $ 2,000,000 to $ 6,000,000 , the drive of Jay Cooke's vision and bustling ... week after the Army of the Potomac took its heavy slaughter at Chancellorsville no less than $ 8,000,000 in bonds were ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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