Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and Speeches in and Out of Congress; Also a General View of His Policy as President of the United States; with His Messages, Proclamations, Letters, Etc., and a History of His Eventful Administration, and of the Scenes Attendant Upon His Tragic and Lamented DemiseLommis National Library Association, 1888 - 842 pages Written in 1864 by a political contemporary, this is a work of nineteenth-century American biographic literature. It contains Lincoln's most masterful speeches and writings, along with a contemporary history of the Civil War. |
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... March 4 , 1861 , gives a condensed history of Mr. Lincoln's Administration , including a narrative of military operations , down to the present time . The most import- ant public papers , addresses and occasional letters of the Presi ...
... March 4 , 1861 , gives a condensed history of Mr. Lincoln's Administration , including a narrative of military operations , down to the present time . The most import- ant public papers , addresses and occasional letters of the Presi ...
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... March . - Inauguration Ceremonies . - Mr . Lin- coln's Second Inaugural Address . - Contrasts . - Cabinet Changes . - Indisposi- tion of the President . - His Speech at the National Hotel on Negro Soldiers in the Rebel Armies . - He ...
... March . - Inauguration Ceremonies . - Mr . Lin- coln's Second Inaugural Address . - Contrasts . - Cabinet Changes . - Indisposi- tion of the President . - His Speech at the National Hotel on Negro Soldiers in the Rebel Armies . - He ...
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... march . Many sad thoughts there undoubtedly were in that small group , and perhaps some forebodings , also , as their former place , gradually receding , at length disappeared from their reverted eyes . But these emotions must soon have ...
... march . Many sad thoughts there undoubtedly were in that small group , and perhaps some forebodings , also , as their former place , gradually receding , at length disappeared from their reverted eyes . But these emotions must soon have ...
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... march was to the rendezvous appointed by Gov. Reynolds , at Beardstown , one of the earlier settlements on the Illinois river , forty miles west of New Salem . Here eighteen hundred men were speedily assembled , under the direction of ...
... march was to the rendezvous appointed by Gov. Reynolds , at Beardstown , one of the earlier settlements on the Illinois river , forty miles west of New Salem . Here eighteen hundred men were speedily assembled , under the direction of ...
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... march , early next morning , to the scene of that evening's misadven- The great battle which Capt . Lincoln and his fellow- volunteers had come so far to participate in , seemed now on the point of becoming a reality . Notwithstanding ...
... march , early next morning , to the scene of that evening's misadven- The great battle which Capt . Lincoln and his fellow- volunteers had come so far to participate in , seemed now on the point of becoming a reality . Notwithstanding ...
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LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN Joseph H. (Joseph Hartwell) 18 Barrett,Making of America Project No preview available - 2016 |
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