Abraham Lincoln, His Story in His Own WordsTwo autobiographical campaign sketches and excerpts from his letters and speeches provide a narrative of the Great Emancipator's life and presidency, from his Kentucky birth to three days before his assassination. |
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... York Tribune as Tribune Tracts No. 6 . In this book , both of these sketches have been combined into a single autobiographical narrative . Lincoln ended his autobiographical writings with the campaign of 1856. The editor has ...
... York Tribune as Tribune Tracts No. 6 . In this book , both of these sketches have been combined into a single autobiographical narrative . Lincoln ended his autobiographical writings with the campaign of 1856. The editor has ...
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... York City resulted in riots with several hundred deaths . To an old friend in Illinois , he wrote in answer to an invitation that he attend a meeting to be held in Springfield " of all those who maintain unconditional devo- tion to the ...
... York City resulted in riots with several hundred deaths . To an old friend in Illinois , he wrote in answer to an invitation that he attend a meeting to be held in Springfield " of all those who maintain unconditional devo- tion to the ...
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... York : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1928. ( r ) A great lawyer and United States senator tells the story up to the time of the Lincoln - Douglas debates . Superb treat- ment of Lincoln as a lawyer and legislator . HERNDON , WILLIAM HENRY ...
... York : Houghton Mifflin Company , 1928. ( r ) A great lawyer and United States senator tells the story up to the time of the Lincoln - Douglas debates . Superb treat- ment of Lincoln as a lawyer and legislator . HERNDON , WILLIAM HENRY ...
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