Abraham Lincoln and His Presidency, Volume 1R. Clarke Company, 1904 |
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... later the Terri- tory , with but sixty - five thousand inhabitants , mostly on the southern border , became a State . The quarter section already selected was sixteen miles from the nearest landing on the Ohio , and on this " Fifty ...
... later the Terri- tory , with but sixty - five thousand inhabitants , mostly on the southern border , became a State . The quarter section already selected was sixteen miles from the nearest landing on the Ohio , and on this " Fifty ...
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... later life . - During the first two years here , new settlers were gradually coming . The great event of the year 1818 was the appearance of an epidemic known as “ milk sickness , " of which several persons died . The disease , still ...
... later life . - During the first two years here , new settlers were gradually coming . The great event of the year 1818 was the appearance of an epidemic known as “ milk sickness , " of which several persons died . The disease , still ...
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... later invention . In 1874 Samuel Haycraft , the veteran clerk of the court of Hardin County , said of this courtship and marriage : " I was born in this town on the 14th of August , 1795 , and have a good memory of persons and things as ...
... later invention . In 1874 Samuel Haycraft , the veteran clerk of the court of Hardin County , said of this courtship and marriage : " I was born in this town on the 14th of August , 1795 , and have a good memory of persons and things as ...
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... later crossed each other a mile and a half from Thomas Lincoln's cabin . A store was opened at the corners , and the Gentryville postoffice was established in 1824. William Jones soon became the leading store- keeper , succeeding James ...
... later crossed each other a mile and a half from Thomas Lincoln's cabin . A store was opened at the corners , and the Gentryville postoffice was established in 1824. William Jones soon became the leading store- keeper , succeeding James ...
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... later generation and the crude recollections of garrulous Dennis Hanks must not be taken at their face value , and they seldom touch the things we would most like to know . Through this haze , however , we may partly discover and ...
... later generation and the crude recollections of garrulous Dennis Hanks must not be taken at their face value , and they seldom touch the things we would most like to know . Through this haze , however , we may partly discover and ...
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