When Joseph William Fryer was born in October 1856, in Canton, Lewis, Missouri, United States, his father, John Fryer, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Ann Calvert, was 16. He lived in Canton Township, Lewis, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1900. In 1900, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as day labourer in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English: variant of Freer 1.
Americanized form of German Freier or Freyer .
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