Pioneer Collections, 8. köideThe Society, 1886 |
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... night . He was cordially received , for we were all pleased to take the hand of the pioneers ' friend - Hon . Lewis Cass , Governor of the Territory . Quite a pleasant scene was enacted the next day at the house of our late esteemed ...
... night . He was cordially received , for we were all pleased to take the hand of the pioneers ' friend - Hon . Lewis Cass , Governor of the Territory . Quite a pleasant scene was enacted the next day at the house of our late esteemed ...
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... night and day , with a speed of thirty - five miles an hour . On the four bordering lakes we have the unexcelled palace steamers , which sail round our coast , 1,684 miles . And the telegraph wires that span our State may be measured by ...
... night and day , with a speed of thirty - five miles an hour . On the four bordering lakes we have the unexcelled palace steamers , which sail round our coast , 1,684 miles . And the telegraph wires that span our State may be measured by ...
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... night pass over historic men and memo- rable women . Who are more worthy of historic record than they who trans- formed the wilderness into a beautiful and a civilized State , with fertile plantations on all sides and thousands of ...
... night pass over historic men and memo- rable women . Who are more worthy of historic record than they who trans- formed the wilderness into a beautiful and a civilized State , with fertile plantations on all sides and thousands of ...
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... Dear father , thy days of toil are o'er , As fall the wings of night ; And peacefully thy head lay down , And thy spirit took its flight . Yes , nobly thou has toiled Through hardships , pain REPORT OF MEMORIAL COMMITTEE . 27.
... Dear father , thy days of toil are o'er , As fall the wings of night ; And peacefully thy head lay down , And thy spirit took its flight . Yes , nobly thou has toiled Through hardships , pain REPORT OF MEMORIAL COMMITTEE . 27.
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... night , " And gently waved his aged hand , And the spirit took its flight . We loved our dear old father well ; Yes , child and grandchild , all ; And now we wander here below , Waiting for our call . Oh , may we all be gathered home ...
... night , " And gently waved his aged hand , And the spirit took its flight . We loved our dear old father well ; Yes , child and grandchild , all ; And now we wander here below , Waiting for our call . Oh , may we all be gathered home ...
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