Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 páginas Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty above Evansville . In a direct line across the country from their former residence , the distance is , perhaps , hardly one hundred miles . The place at which Mr ...
... hundred and forty miles below Louisville , by the river , and sixty above Evansville . In a direct line across the country from their former residence , the distance is , perhaps , hardly one hundred miles . The place at which Mr ...
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... hundred south of the present metropolis of the State . But one county intervened between Harrison and Perry , and Gen- tryville is hardly forty miles , in a direct line , from Corydon . This place continued to be the seat of government ...
... hundred south of the present metropolis of the State . But one county intervened between Harrison and Perry , and Gen- tryville is hardly forty miles , in a direct line , from Corydon . This place continued to be the seat of government ...
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... hundred warriors of the Sacs , together with allies from the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie nations . His object was again to take possession of his old hunting - grounds , and to establish himself where the principal village of his nation ...
... hundred warriors of the Sacs , together with allies from the Kickapoo and Pottawatomie nations . His object was again to take possession of his old hunting - grounds , and to establish himself where the principal village of his nation ...
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... hundred volunteers , assembled from the northern and central parts of the State , upon the proclamation of Gov. Reynolds , joined him a month later . His little army distributed into two regiments , an additional battalion , and a spy ...
... hundred volunteers , assembled from the northern and central parts of the State , upon the proclamation of Gov. Reynolds , joined him a month later . His little army distributed into two regiments , an additional battalion , and a spy ...
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... hundred men were speedily assembled , under the direction of the Governor . The forces were organized into four regiments , with an additional spy battalion . Gen. Samuel Whiteside , of the State militia , who had commanded the spy ...
... hundred men were speedily assembled , under the direction of the Governor . The forces were organized into four regiments , with an additional spy battalion . Gen. Samuel Whiteside , of the State militia , who had commanded the spy ...
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