The Life Of Abraham LincolnDigital Scanning Inc, 2008 - 480 strani Isaac Newton Arnold draws upon his twenty-five year acquaintance with Abraham Lincoln to create an in-depth, intimate biography of the sixteenth President of the United States. His first hand knowledge of Lincoln provides a unique perspective into the personal and professional life of the president. From his marriage to Mary Todd, his time as a lawyer in Illinois, his reputation making debates with Stephen Douglas, through the historic speeches and the dire years of the Civil War, Arnold gives us an insider's view of the man and the era. Presented as it was originally published in 1885. |
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... leader was Jack Armstrong , a great , square - built fellow , strong as an ox , and who was believed by his partisans to be able to whip any man on the Sangamon River . The issue was thus made between Lincoln and Armstrong as to which ...
... leader was Jack Armstrong , a great , square - built fellow , strong as an ox , and who was believed by his partisans to be able to whip any man on the Sangamon River . The issue was thus made between Lincoln and Armstrong as to which ...
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... leader , uniting several tribes under his leadership , determined to return to the old home , and re - occupy the old hunting - grounds . Crossing the Miss- issippi with his warriors , several white families were mur- 3 LIFE AT NEW ...
... leader , uniting several tribes under his leadership , determined to return to the old home , and re - occupy the old hunting - grounds . Crossing the Miss- issippi with his warriors , several white families were mur- 3 LIFE AT NEW ...
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... leader of his party , and they made him their candidate for speaker ; but his party , the whigs , being in a minority , he was not elected . The great service he had rendered the town of Spring- field , in carrying through the law for ...
... leader of his party , and they made him their candidate for speaker ; but his party , the whigs , being in a minority , he was not elected . The great service he had rendered the town of Spring- field , in carrying through the law for ...
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... leaders of the bar at Bos- ton or New York , Philadelphia or Washington ; men who would have made their mark in Westminster Hall , or upon any English circuit . At the capital were John T. Stuart , Stephen T. Logan , Edward D. Baker ...
... leaders of the bar at Bos- ton or New York , Philadelphia or Washington ; men who would have made their mark in Westminster Hall , or upon any English circuit . At the capital were John T. Stuart , Stephen T. Logan , Edward D. Baker ...
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