San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-12-17
THE CENTURY
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for sixteen years. 1t is a history of our own
country in its most critical time as set forth in
THE LIFE OF LINCOLN,
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES, JOHN q.
NICOLAY AND COL. JOHN HAY.
This great work, begun with the sanction of
President Lincoln, and continued under the
authority of his son, the Hon. Robert L. Lin
coin, Is the only full and authoritative record
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of office, and to them were transferred upon
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