Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... house . Here , from his eighth year to his majority , Abraham Lincoln had his chief experience of pioneer life . The subjugators of a continental wilderness had always to begin with a very simple domestic shelter , and to live under ...
... house . Here , from his eighth year to his majority , Abraham Lincoln had his chief experience of pioneer life . The subjugators of a continental wilderness had always to begin with a very simple domestic shelter , and to live under ...
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... house and the school - house , both log structures , were presently built , not far away . It happened that two highways - one extended west- ward from Corydon through Spencer County in 1820 , the other northwestward from Rockport a ...
... house and the school - house , both log structures , were presently built , not far away . It happened that two highways - one extended west- ward from Corydon through Spencer County in 1820 , the other northwestward from Rockport a ...
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... house to witness a more stately trial . In 1825 he was employed for some months by a farmer and ferryman at the mouth of Anderson's Creek . This brought him into familiarity with the Ohio River and with new scenes of life and business ...
... house to witness a more stately trial . In 1825 he was employed for some months by a farmer and ferryman at the mouth of Anderson's Creek . This brought him into familiarity with the Ohio River and with new scenes of life and business ...
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... house was not beyond the ambi- tion of Thomas Lincoln . Before the year 1829 was ended he had gathered the needed boards , sawn by hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were ...
... house was not beyond the ambi- tion of Thomas Lincoln . Before the year 1829 was ended he had gathered the needed boards , sawn by hand the saw - pit still awaiting the belated mill . But the house was never to be for him . Times were ...
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... House , of which James Semple , a Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations . Illinois , it was ...
... House , of which James Semple , a Democrat , afterward United States Senator was the Speaker . The State was rapidly filling up ; land speculation was bringing in Eastern money ; it was an era of great expectations . Illinois , it was ...
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