River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-12-09
THE CENTURY
For 1867,
NJ. LOIS russell,
District Sec'y

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1t is history of our own country in
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THE LIFE OE LINCOLN
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES JOHN G.
NICOLA AND COL. JOHN HAY.
This great, work, begun with the
| sanction of President Lincoln, and con-
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