The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln: Containing Many Unpublished Documents and Unpublished Reminiscences of Lincoln's Early FriendsS. S. McClure, 1896 - 240 páginas |
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... of the United States by Jefferson ; for a few months preceding the arrival of Madison he was Secretary of State , and in 1807 he was elected Lieutenant - Governor of Massa- chusetts . In 1811 he was appointed Associate Justice of.
... of the United States by Jefferson ; for a few months preceding the arrival of Madison he was Secretary of State , and in 1807 he was elected Lieutenant - Governor of Massa- chusetts . In 1811 he was appointed Associate Justice of.
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... months later he moved with his family from Virginia into Kentucky . Abraham Lincoln was ambitious to become a landed proprietor in the new country , and he entered a generous amount of land- four hundred acres on Long Run , in Jefferson ...
... months later he moved with his family from Virginia into Kentucky . Abraham Lincoln was ambitious to become a landed proprietor in the new country , and he entered a generous amount of land- four hundred acres on Long Run , in Jefferson ...
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... months before his nomination for the Presidency ) , delivered what is known , from the hall in which it was delivered , as the " Cooper Institute speech " -a speech which more than confirmed his reputa- tion . While in New York he was ...
... months before his nomination for the Presidency ) , delivered what is known , from the hall in which it was delivered , as the " Cooper Institute speech " -a speech which more than confirmed his reputa- tion . While in New York he was ...
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... months before the Lincolns moved to Indiana . It shows that Thomas Lincoln had a standing in the community , which his biographers have always ignored . The appointment , if modest , would not have been made , we have a right to believe ...
... months before the Lincolns moved to Indiana . It shows that Thomas Lincoln had a standing in the community , which his biographers have always ignored . The appointment , if modest , would not have been made , we have a right to believe ...
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... months , while his sister was a " hired girl " for Mrs. Crawford . In 1829 Lincoln cut down timber and whip - sawed it into planks for a new house which his father proposed to build ; but Thomas Lincoln decided to go to Illinois before ...
... months , while his sister was a " hired girl " for Mrs. Crawford . In 1829 Lincoln cut down timber and whip - sawed it into planks for a new house which his father proposed to build ; but Thomas Lincoln decided to go to Illinois before ...
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The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln Ida M. (Ida Minerva) Tarbell,J. McCan Davis Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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Página 179 - My dear little Miss : Your very agreeable letter of the 15th is received. I regret the necessity of saying I have no daughter. I have three sons — one seventeen, one nine, and one seven years of age. They, with their mother, constitute my whole family. As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly affectation if I were to begin it now?
Página 129 - Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in.
Página 69 - ... to the Rule of Three. If a straggler, supposed to understand Latin, happened to sojourn in the neighborhood, he was looked upon as a wizard. There was absolutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to the Rule of Three, but that was all.
Página 70 - Life of Washington." I remember all the accounts there given of the battlefields and struggles for the liberties of the country, and none fixed themselves upon my imagination so deeply as the struggle here at Trenton, New Jersey.
Página 70 - May I be pardoned if, upon this occasion, I mention that away back in my childhood, the earliest days of my being able to read, I got hold of a small book, such a one as few of the younger members have ever seen, Weems
Página 138 - He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction.
Página 70 - The crossing of the river; the contest with the Hessians; the great hardships endured at that time, all fixed themselves on my memory, more than any single revolutionary event ; and you all know, for you have all been boys, how these early impressions last longer than any others. I recollect thinking then, boy even though I was, that there must have been something more than common that these men struggled for.
Página 40 - We had bearmeat ; . . . venison; wild turkey and ducks; eggs, wild and tame, so common that you could buy them at two bits a bushel ; maple sugar, swung on a string, to bite off for coffee or whiskey ; syrup in big gourds ; peach-and-honey ; a sheep that the two families barbecued whole over coals of wood burned in a pit, and covered with green boughs to keep the juice in; and a race for the whiskey bottle.
Página 138 - I could not for the life of me," said he, "remember the proper word of command for getting my company endwise, so that it could get through the gate; so as we came near I shouted: 'This company is dismissed for two minutes, when it will fall in again on the other side of the gate!