 | John Carroll Power - History - 1873
...in December, 1859, at the request of Hon. Jesse W. Fell, of Bloomington, contains this paragragh : " If any personal description of me is thought desirable,...height six feet, four inches nearly; lean in flesh; weigh, on an average, one hundred and sixty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse, black hair, and gray... | |
 | John Carroll Power - Anagamon County (Ill.) - 1876 - 797 pages
...repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. " If any personal description of me is thought desirable,...and gray eyes; no other marks or brands recollected. " Yours, very truly, "A. LINCOLN." Hon. JWFcll. During the war to suppress the rebellion, as is well... | |
 | David W. Lusk - Illinois - 1884 - 526 pages
...may be said I am in height 6 feet, 4 inches nearly, lean in flesh, •weighing, on an average, 180 pounds, dark complexion, with coarse black hair and...gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected." "Yours very truly, "A. LINCOLN." "Hon. JW FELL." SPEECH AT PHILADELPHIA. On his way to Washington to... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 462 pages
...is thought desirable. it may he said, 1 am in height, alx feet, four inches, nearly ; lean in fiesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds...coarse black hair, and gray eyes. No other marks or hands recollected. Yours very truly, A. L1NCOUI . Fort," the site of the present city of Louisville,... | |
 | Isaac N. Arnold - Illustrated books - 1885 - 462 pages
...repeal of the Missouri Compromise aronsed me again. What i have done since then is pretty well known. if any personal description of me is thought desirable. it may be said, i am in height, ill feet, four inches, nearly ; lean in flesh, weighing, on an average, one hundred and eighty pounds... | |
 | Noah Brooks - 1888 - 467 pages
...repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. " If any personal description of me is thought desirable,...and gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected. " Yours, very truly, "A. LINCOLN." Not long before the opening of the debate between Lincoln and Douglas,... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1889 - 458 pages
...follows : "If any personal description of me is thought desirable, it may bt said, I am in height, Bix feet four inches, nearly, lean in flesh, weighing...gray eyes, no other marks or brands recollected." Yours very truly, HON. JW FELL. .... -A. LINCOLN. I pointed out the discrepancy of the three inches... | |
 | John Carroll Power - 1889 - 458 pages
...of Bloomington, contains this parafragh : " If any personal description of me is thought esirable, it may be said I am in height six feet, four inches nearly; lean in flesh; weigh, on an average, one hundred and sixty pounds; dark complexion, with coarse, black hair, and gray... | |
 | MELVILLE D. LANDON - 1893
...canvasses. I was losing interest in politics when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. If any personal description of me Is thought desirable. It may be said that I am In height six feet four Inches, nearly; lean In flesh, weighing on an average one hundred... | |
 | Abraham Lincoln - 1894 - 237 pages
...repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. If any personal description of me is thought desirable,...gray eyes. No other marks or brands recollected. From an Address delivered at Cooper Institute, New York. February 27, 1860 . . . Now, and hear, let me guard... | |
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... law more assiduously than ever before. Always a Whig in politics, and generally on the Whig electoral tickets, making active canvasses. I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done... 
