The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln: Containing Many Unpublished Documents and Unpublished Reminiscences of Lincoln's Early FriendsS.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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... photographs , ambrotypes , and daguerreo- types . It was Mr. Lincoln's custom , after the introduction of photography into Illinois , to sit for his picture whenever he visited a town to make a speech . This picture he usually gave to ...
... photographs , ambrotypes , and daguerreo- types . It was Mr. Lincoln's custom , after the introduction of photography into Illinois , to sit for his picture whenever he visited a town to make a speech . This picture he usually gave to ...
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... photographs , glad , as they have written us , to aid in completing a Lincoln portrait gallery . It is not pos- sible to mention here the names of all those to whom we are indebted , not only for portraits but for documents and manu ...
... photographs , glad , as they have written us , to aid in completing a Lincoln portrait gallery . It is not pos- sible to mention here the names of all those to whom we are indebted , not only for portraits but for documents and manu ...
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... photograph owned by A. J. Conant From a photograph owned by George Schneider From a photograph by Brady , Washington LAND WARRANT ISSUED TO LINCOLN'S GRANDFATHER NOTES OF SURVEY OF LAND OWNED BY LINCOLN'S GRANDFATHER STOCKADE HOME OF ...
... photograph owned by A. J. Conant From a photograph owned by George Schneider From a photograph by Brady , Washington LAND WARRANT ISSUED TO LINCOLN'S GRANDFATHER NOTES OF SURVEY OF LAND OWNED BY LINCOLN'S GRANDFATHER STOCKADE HOME OF ...
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... photograph owned by J. C. Browne MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRODUCE BOAT JOHN HANKS JUDGE JOHN PITCHER , A FRIEND OF LINCOLN'S IN INDIANA CORN - HUSK COLLAR • PUNCHED SHEET - IRON LANTERN JOHN W. LAMAR , WHO KNEW LINCOLN IN INDIANA THE REV ...
... photograph owned by J. C. Browne MISSISSIPPI RIVER PRODUCE BOAT JOHN HANKS JUDGE JOHN PITCHER , A FRIEND OF LINCOLN'S IN INDIANA CORN - HUSK COLLAR • PUNCHED SHEET - IRON LANTERN JOHN W. LAMAR , WHO KNEW LINCOLN IN INDIANA THE REV ...
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... photograph owned by T. H. Bartlett , Boston 145 THE BLACK HAWK 141 . 143 • WHITE CLOUD , THE PROPHET BLACK HAWK WHIRLING THUNDER ZACHARY TAYLOR . BLACK HAWK WAR RELICS . SCENE OF STILLMAN'S DEFEAT MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON BAD AXE BATTLE ...
... photograph owned by T. H. Bartlett , Boston 145 THE BLACK HAWK 141 . 143 • WHITE CLOUD , THE PROPHET BLACK HAWK WHIRLING THUNDER ZACHARY TAYLOR . BLACK HAWK WAR RELICS . SCENE OF STILLMAN'S DEFEAT MAJOR ROBERT ANDERSON BAD AXE BATTLE ...
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The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln Ida M. (Ida Minerva) Tarbell,J. McCan Davis Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
The Early Life of Abraham Lincoln: Containing Many Unpublished Documents and ... Ida M. Tarbell Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Abraham Lincoln acres of land ambrotype Ann Rutledge Beardstown became Berry and Lincoln Black Hawk Black Hawk War boat born cabin Calhoun candidate Captain Christopher Columbus Graham Clary's Grove clerk collection coln coln's Crawford Creek Daniel death Dennis Hanks Denton Offutt died dollars Durrett early election farm father flatboat friends Galena Gentryville Governor Green grocery Henry Herndon Hingham horse hundred acres Illinois Indiana James Rutledge Jesse Head Johnston Kentucky Lincoln and Nancy Linkhorn lived Louisville marriage married miles Mississippi Mordecai Lincoln mother Nancy Hanks neighbors never Offutt Oldroyd Orleans Petersburg photograph picture pioneer portrait Rock River Salem Samuel Samuel Lincoln Sangamon County Sangamon River Sarah Sarah Bush Lincoln says settlers sold soon Spencer County Springfield story surveying surveyor taken tavern Thomas Lincoln told took town tree Vandalia Virginia votes Washington wife William young
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Página 163 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted : Provided always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed, and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 127 - I was born, and have ever remained, in the most humble walks of life. I have no wealthy or popular relations or friends to recommend me. My case is thrown exclusively upon the independent voters of the county; and, if elected, they will have conferred a favor upon me for which I shall be unremitting in my labors to compensate. But, if the good people in their wisdom shall see fit to keep me in the background, I have been too familiar with disappointments to be very much chagrined.
Página 125 - 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. That every man may receive at least a moderate education, and thereby be enabled to read the histories of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutions, appears to be an object of vital importance...
Página 65 - ... 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 66 - 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 150 - I remember just how those men looked," said Lincoln, "as we rode up the little hill where their camp was. The red light of the morning sun was streaming upon them as they lay heads towards us on the ground. And every man had a round red spot on the top of his head about as big as a dollar, where the redskins had taken his scalp. It was frightful, but it was grotesque; and the red sunlight seemed to paint everything all over.
Página 66 - 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 134 - Abraham joined a volunteer company, and, to his own surprise, was elected captain of it. He says he has not since had any success in life which gave him so much satisfaction. He went to the campaign, served near three months, met the ordinary hardships of such an expedition, but was in no battle. He now owns, in Iowa, the land upon which his own warrants for the service were located.
Página 134 - 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!
Página 125 - For my part, I desire to see the time when education, and by its means, morality, sobriety, enterprise and industry, shall become much more general than at present, and should be gratified to have it in my power to contribute something to the advancement of any measure which might have a tendency to accelerate the happy period.