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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... meeting for the Indian tribes both of the north and south . This " dark and bloody ground , " as it has been most appropriately called , was already fa- mous as the scene of many exciting adventures and deadly conflicts between the ...
... meeting for the Indian tribes both of the north and south . This " dark and bloody ground , " as it has been most appropriately called , was already fa- mous as the scene of many exciting adventures and deadly conflicts between the ...
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... meeting , and one of his associates stated that the death- wound was inflicted by young Armstrong . A preliminary examination was gone into , at which the accuser testified so positively , that there seemed no doubt of the guilt of the ...
... meeting , and one of his associates stated that the death- wound was inflicted by young Armstrong . A preliminary examination was gone into , at which the accuser testified so positively , that there seemed no doubt of the guilt of the ...
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... meeting . The first and greatest debate came off at Springfield , during the progress of the State Fair in October . The State Fair had been in progress two days , and the capital was full of all manner of men . Hundreds of politicians ...
... meeting . The first and greatest debate came off at Springfield , during the progress of the State Fair in October . The State Fair had been in progress two days , and the capital was full of all manner of men . Hundreds of politicians ...
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... meeting specified . It will be impossible to give any thing more than a brief synopsis of these celebrated debates . It was the general verdict of the press and of the country , that , in every encounter , Mr. Lincoln held his ground ...
... meeting specified . It will be impossible to give any thing more than a brief synopsis of these celebrated debates . It was the general verdict of the press and of the country , that , in every encounter , Mr. Lincoln held his ground ...
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... meeting Lincoln , told him his perplexity . " Tell him I wrote it , ' said Lincoln ; and tell him he did . After a deal of diplomacy to get a retraction of the offensive parts of the paragraph in question , Shields sent a challenge ...
... meeting Lincoln , told him his perplexity . " Tell him I wrote it , ' said Lincoln ; and tell him he did . After a deal of diplomacy to get a retraction of the offensive parts of the paragraph in question , Shields sent a challenge ...
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