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... legislative functions, by establishing themselves a tribunal to try the stuff of every one who came into that region. They were, at once, the protectors and the scourge of the whole country-side, and must have been some such company as ...
... legislative functions, by establishing themselves a tribunal to try the stuff of every one who came into that region. They were, at once, the protectors and the scourge of the whole country-side, and must have been some such company as ...
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... legislative career by a positive refusal to be again a candidate. The period embraced by the eight years in which Lincoln represented Sangamon county, was one of the greatest material activity in Illinois. So early as 1820, the young ...
... legislative career by a positive refusal to be again a candidate. The period embraced by the eight years in which Lincoln represented Sangamon county, was one of the greatest material activity in Illinois. So early as 1820, the young ...
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... legislative history which is of great national interest. There were no exciting questions, and Mr. Lincoln's speeches were few and brief.(A protest from Mr. Lincoln appears on the journal of the House, in regard to some resolutions ...
... legislative history which is of great national interest. There were no exciting questions, and Mr. Lincoln's speeches were few and brief.(A protest from Mr. Lincoln appears on the journal of the House, in regard to some resolutions ...
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... Legislative canvass of 1834, John D. Stuart advised Lincoln to study law, and after the election he borrowed some of Stuart's books, and began to read. Other warm and influential friends, (Wm. Butler, the present Treasurer of State in ...
... Legislative canvass of 1834, John D. Stuart advised Lincoln to study law, and after the election he borrowed some of Stuart's books, and began to read. Other warm and influential friends, (Wm. Butler, the present Treasurer of State in ...
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... legislative elections were held, and those who denounced the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, were found to be in the majority. The election of a United States Senator took place the following winter, and General Shields was ...
... legislative elections were held, and those who denounced the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, were found to be in the majority. The election of a United States Senator took place the following winter, and General Shields was ...
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OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 20 1848 | |
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