Abraham Lincoln's Stories and Speeches: Including "early Life Stories" : "professional Life Stories" : "White House Incidents" : "war Reminiscences," Etc., Etc. : Also His Speeches, Chronologically Arranged, from Pappsville, Ill., 1832, to His Last Speech in Washington, April 11, 1865 : Including His Inaugurals, Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address, Etc., Etc., Etc. : Fully IllustratedRhodes & McClure Publishing Company, 1906 - 477 pages |
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... Sangamon , and with visions of Old Salem and its rustic people , who once gathered in his primitive store , came a picture of the " Gentle Annie " of his youth , whose ashes had rested for many long years under the wild flowers and ...
... Sangamon , and with visions of Old Salem and its rustic people , who once gathered in his primitive store , came a picture of the " Gentle Annie " of his youth , whose ashes had rested for many long years under the wild flowers and ...
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... Sangamon River . at Sangamon Town , about seven miles northwest of Springfield . For this work they were to receive twelve dollars a month each . When the boat was finished ( and every plank of it was sawed by hand with a whip - saw ) ...
... Sangamon River . at Sangamon Town , about seven miles northwest of Springfield . For this work they were to receive twelve dollars a month each . When the boat was finished ( and every plank of it was sawed by hand with a whip - saw ) ...
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... Sangamon Valley , about ten miles from Decatur . It was here , during the first year , that Abraham Jacoin and John Hanks split several thousand rails , Lincoln was about twenty years of age at this time . ter of history , but the fact ...
... Sangamon Valley , about ten miles from Decatur . It was here , during the first year , that Abraham Jacoin and John Hanks split several thousand rails , Lincoln was about twenty years of age at this time . ter of history , but the fact ...
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... Sangamon River with his trousers rolled up five feet , more or less , trying to pilot a flat- boat over a mill - dam . The boat was so full of water that it was hard to manage . Lincoln got the prow over , and then , instead of waiting ...
... Sangamon River with his trousers rolled up five feet , more or less , trying to pilot a flat- boat over a mill - dam . The boat was so full of water that it was hard to manage . Lincoln got the prow over , and then , instead of waiting ...
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... Sangamon County delegation to the Illinois Leg islature , in 1834 , of which Lincoln was a member , con- sisting of nine representatives , was so remarkable for the physical altitude of its members that they were known as " The Long ...
... Sangamon County delegation to the Illinois Leg islature , in 1834 , of which Lincoln was a member , con- sisting of nine representatives , was so remarkable for the physical altitude of its members that they were known as " The Long ...
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