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Chapter 15: The Secret History of Mrs. Lincoln's Wardrobe in New York - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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<preserveIn March, 1867, Mrs. Lincoln wrote to me from Chicago that, as her income was insufficient to meet her expenses, she would be obliged to give ...

Chapter 14: Old Friends - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 13: The Origin of the Rivalry between Mr. Douglas and Mr. Lincoln - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 12: Mrs. Lincoln leaves the White House Behind the Scenes - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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For five weeks Mrs. Lincoln was confined to her room. Packing afforded quite a relief, as it so closely occupied us that we had not much time for lame ...

Chapter 11: The Assassination of President Lincoln - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 10: The Second Inauguration - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 9: Behind the Scenes - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 8: Candid Opinions - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 7: Washington in 1862-1863 - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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In the summer of 1862, many freed slaves began arriving in Washington, D.C., coming from Maryland and Virginia with hope and little else. They had jus ...

Chapter 6: Willie Lincoln's Death-bed - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 5: My Introduction to Mrs. Lincoln - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Ever since arriving in Washington, I had a strong desire to work for the ladies of the White House. To achieve this, I was willing to make almost any ...

Chapter 4: In the Family of Senator Jefferson Davis - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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The passage you have just read is an excerpt from the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a remarkable African American woman who was born into slaver ...

Chapter 3: How I Gained My Freedom - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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The passage above is an excerpt from the autobiography of Elizabeth Keckley, a remarkable African American woman who was born into slavery but rose to ...

Chapter 2: Girlhood and its Sorrows - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Chapter 1: Where I Was Born - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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Preface - Babbitt by Elizabeth Keckley

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At the Dry Tortugas During the War, Part 5 - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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<preserveThe first of May another steamer arrived the North, bringing two hundred and eighty prisoners from the Army of the Potomac. It was discouragi ...

At the Dry Tortugas During the War, Part 2 - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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<preserveOn January 1, 1861, a rumor came that Mordaci, the owner of the Isabel, had offered her to Carolina for a man-of-war, our mail contract going ...

At the Dry Tortugas During the War, Part 1 - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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<preserveThe great progress in modern scientific warfare within the last quarter of a century has made fort-building to our Engineer Corps a difficult ...

Chapter 37: In Which It is Shown That Phileas Fogg Gained Nothing by His Tour Around the World, Unless it Were Happiness - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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Yes; Phileas Fogg in person. The reader will remember that at five minutes past eight in the evening—about five and twenty hours after the arrival o ...

Chapter 36: In Which Phileas Fogg’s Name is Once More at a Premium on Change - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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Chapter 35: In Which Phileas Fogg Does Not Have to Repeat His Orders to Passepartout Twice - Around The World In 80 Days by Jules Verne

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The passage you have just read is an excerpt from the classic adventure novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne. This story follows the j ...