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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... wish that you should . Do not understand by this , that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is , that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If such further acquaintance would ...
... wish that you should . Do not understand by this , that I wish to cut your acquaintance . I mean no such thing . What I do wish is , that our further acquaintance shall depend upon yourself . If such further acquaintance would ...
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... wishes . Lincoln wrote to Montgomery Blair : Some days ago I understood you to say that your brother , Gen. Frank Blair , desires to be guided by my wishes as to whether he will occupy his seat in congress or remain in the field . My wish ...
... wishes . Lincoln wrote to Montgomery Blair : Some days ago I understood you to say that your brother , Gen. Frank Blair , desires to be guided by my wishes as to whether he will occupy his seat in congress or remain in the field . My wish ...
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... wishes to see something of the war before it ends . I do not wish to put him in the ranks , nor yet to give him a commission , to which those who have already served long , are better entitled , and better qualified to hold . Could he ...
... wishes to see something of the war before it ends . I do not wish to put him in the ranks , nor yet to give him a commission , to which those who have already served long , are better entitled , and better qualified to hold . Could he ...
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Wilderness Beginnings | 3 |
New Salem Days | 22 |
The Young Legislator | 40 |
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