 They would vote into the post-office, or any hole they could find. Some of them carried home their ballots, greatly smitten with the red lettering and the head of Lincoln, or supposing that they could use them as warrants for land. Others would give them...  Teresina in America - Page 356by Maria Theresa] [Longworth, Thérèse Yelverton (Viscountess Avonmore) - 1875Full view - About this book
 | American essays - 1868 - 796 pages
...impressions as to the political qualifications and future of the negro. " In my district," he said, " the election was a farce. Very few of the freedmen...smitten with the red lettering and the head of Lincoln, or supposing that they could use them as warrants for land. Others would give them to the first white... | |
 | American essays - 1868 - 860 pages
...impressions as to the political qualifications and future of the negro. " In my district," he said, " the election was a farce. Very few of the freedmen...to do it. They would vote into the post-office, or any^hole they could find. Some of them carried home their ballots, greatly smitten with the red lettering... | |
 | American essays - 1868 - 860 pages
...impressions as to the political qualifications and future of the negro. " In my district," he said, " the election was a farce. Very few of the freedmen...smitten with the red lettering and the head of Lincoln, or supposing that they could use them as warrants for land. Others would give them to the first white... | |
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