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Posted on 08/01/2017 6:59:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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To: Jim 0216
I believe that was called to ratify the Lecompton constitution and have slavery admitted to Kansas preparatory to its admission as a slave state. Follow the links back to the Feb. 25 1857 excerpt for details.
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08/20/2017 8:32:17 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
New source.
James W. Grimes was Governor of Iowa, 1854-1858
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
James W Grimes Wikipedia page
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08/21/2017 4:58:47 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Oh, very interesting, a letter from Abe Lincoln, Atty-at-law, to the Governor of Iowa. This kind of thing is just so quotidian!
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08/21/2017 5:09:59 PM PDT
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Tax-chick
(You can't read all day if you don't start early in the morning.)
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Continued from July 29
(reply #59). [To Mrs. Sherman]
Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909
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08/24/2017 4:51:16 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
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Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln, The Prairie Years-Volume II
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08/29/2017 4:50:43 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from June 11 (reply #15).
[The letter from Chief Justice Taney to President Pierce referenced below was written on this date.]
Don E. Fehrenbacher, The Dred Scott Case: Its Significance in American Law and Politics" (1978)
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08/29/2017 4:54:08 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
Sherman could have been writing about the bankers in the 2007-2008 financial crash.
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08/29/2017 5:11:59 AM PDT
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Homer_J_Simpson
What a fascinating anecdote, typical of the frontier. I’m sure similar episodes could be found in the career of another frontier lawyer who made the big time: Andrew Jackson.
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08/29/2017 10:15:43 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("Defensive weapons are not 'provocative' unless you're an aggressor." ~Gen. Mattis)
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Continued from July 23 (
(Reply #49).
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
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08/30/2017 4:50:22 AM PDT
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Homer_J_Simpson
("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
To: Homer_J_Simpson
I believe young Mr. Lincoln, Esq., also mentioned something about Ohio bank failure.
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08/30/2017 4:54:16 AM PDT
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Tax-chick
("Defensive weapons are not 'provocative' unless you're an aggressor." ~Gen. Mattis)
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