The Dramatic Life of Abraham LincolnDescribes the life, political career, assassination and burial of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. |
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... a Mr. Paris Henderson at whose childhood home in Illinois Abraham Lincoln used to stop frequently as he rode the circuit in the old eighth Judicial District practicing law viii FOREWORD PART II: YOUNG MANHOOD VIII Jack-of-All-Trades.
... a Mr. Paris Henderson at whose childhood home in Illinois Abraham Lincoln used to stop frequently as he rode the circuit in the old eighth Judicial District practicing law viii FOREWORD PART II: YOUNG MANHOOD VIII Jack-of-All-Trades.
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... Illinois . Other Lin- colns settled in Bucks County , Pa . A Josiah Lincoln fought in the Revolution , and after this war we find Abraham Lincoln , grandfather of the President , settled and well - to - do in Rockingham County ...
... Illinois . Other Lin- colns settled in Bucks County , Pa . A Josiah Lincoln fought in the Revolution , and after this war we find Abraham Lincoln , grandfather of the President , settled and well - to - do in Rockingham County ...
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... Illinois . Life on Pigeon Creek , he complained , was nothing but hard work and " slim pickin's , " and John Hanks , a relative who had gone from Kentucky to settle near Decatur in Macon County , Illinois , kept sending back word of the ...
... Illinois . Life on Pigeon Creek , he complained , was nothing but hard work and " slim pickin's , " and John Hanks , a relative who had gone from Kentucky to settle near Decatur in Macon County , Illinois , kept sending back word of the ...
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... rails on his shoulder at the Republican State Convention and turn the tide for " Abraham Lincoln as first choice of the Republican Party of Illinois for the Presidency ! " CHAPTER X THE TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS IN plowing and THE RAILSPLITTER ...
... rails on his shoulder at the Republican State Convention and turn the tide for " Abraham Lincoln as first choice of the Republican Party of Illinois for the Presidency ! " CHAPTER X THE TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS IN plowing and THE RAILSPLITTER ...
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... Illinois River the flatboat crew hoisted crude " sails made of planks and cloth " which caused shouts of laughter from those who watched the boat along the shore . Nevertheless these sails car- ried them out upon the broad Mississippi ...
... Illinois River the flatboat crew hoisted crude " sails made of planks and cloth " which caused shouts of laughter from those who watched the boat along the shore . Nevertheless these sails car- ried them out upon the broad Mississippi ...
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Page 129 - I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
Page 364 - The result of the last week must convince you of the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the army of Northern Virginia in this struggle. I feel that it is so, and regard it as my duty to shift from myself the responsibility of any further effusion of blood by asking of you the surrender of that portion of the Confederate States army known as the army of Northern Virginia.
Page 87 - Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.
Page 320 - LINCOLN'S dark brown face, with the deep-cut lines, the eyes, always to me with a deep latent sadness in the expression. We have got so that we exchange bows, and very cordial ones. Sometimes the President goes and comes in an open barouche. The cavalry always accompany him, with drawn sabres. Often I notice as he goes out evenings — and sometimes in the morning, when he returns early — he turns off and halts at the large and handsome residence of the Secretary of War, on K street, and holds...
Page 363 - GENERAL : — I have received your note of this date. Though not entertaining the opinion you express on the hopelessness of further resistance on the part of the Army of Northern Virginia...
Page 325 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in...
Page 286 - MY DEAR SIR: — You and I have distinct and different plans for a movement of the Army of the Potomac — yours to be down the Chesapeake, up the Rappahannock to Urbana, and across land to the terminus of the railroad on the York River; mine to move directly to a point on the railroad southwest of Manassas. If you will give me satisfactory answers to the following questions, I shall gladly yield my plan to yours.
Page 364 - AM to-day could lead to no good. I will state, however, General, that I am equally anxious for peace with yourself, and the whole North entertains the same feeling. The terms upon which peace can be had are well understood. By the South laying down their arms they will hasten that most desirable event, save thousands of human lives, and hundreds of millions of property not yet destroyed.
Page 282 - Since my interview with you on the 1 8th instant, I have felt that I ought not longer to retain my commission in the army. I therefore tender my resignation, which I request you will recommend for acceptance. It would have been presented at once...
Page 233 - That affair, in its philosophy, corresponds with the many attempts related in history at the assassination of kings and emperors. An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.