The Life and Times of Abraham Lincoln, Sixteenth President of the United States: Including His Speeches, Messages, Inaugurals, Proclamations, Etc., Etc |
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... held either in humble private dwellings , or in some log school - house . Another change of home , however , awaited our young hero . His father , perhaps from the old restless spirit of adventure , but more probably because he found ...
... held either in humble private dwellings , or in some log school - house . Another change of home , however , awaited our young hero . His father , perhaps from the old restless spirit of adventure , but more probably because he found ...
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... held which adopted a State Con- stitution , preparatory to admission into the Union , and under this Constitution , a month or two after Thomas Lincoln's arrival , in December , 1816 , Indiana became , by act of Congress , a sovereign ...
... held which adopted a State Con- stitution , preparatory to admission into the Union , and under this Constitution , a month or two after Thomas Lincoln's arrival , in December , 1816 , Indiana became , by act of Congress , a sovereign ...
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... held in log huts , and the juries sat under the shade of the forest trees . I was Circuit Prosecuting Attorney at the time of the trials at the falls of Fall creek , where Pendleton now stands . Four of the prisoners were convicted of ...
... held in log huts , and the juries sat under the shade of the forest trees . I was Circuit Prosecuting Attorney at the time of the trials at the falls of Fall creek , where Pendleton now stands . Four of the prisoners were convicted of ...
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... held by his friends and neighbors . He was wont to say that no success in life ever gave him such unalloyed satisfaction as this . An anecdote is current of our subject , pertaining to this era of his life , which is not unworthy of ...
... held by his friends and neighbors . He was wont to say that no success in life ever gave him such unalloyed satisfaction as this . An anecdote is current of our subject , pertaining to this era of his life , which is not unworthy of ...
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... held it to be the duty of government to extend its fostering aid , in every constitutional way , and to a reasonable extent , to what- ever enterprise of public utility required such assistance , in order to the fullest development of ...
... held it to be the duty of government to extend its fostering aid , in every constitutional way , and to a reasonable extent , to what- ever enterprise of public utility required such assistance , in order to the fullest development of ...
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