Abraham Lincoln Goes to New YorkStory of the country lawyer's first trip to sophisticated New York, and full text of famous Cooper Union speech he delivered there February 27, 1860. |
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... Collected Works , Vol . IV , page 38. Briggs's reply is found in Abraham Lincoln , A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay , The Century Company , New York , 1890 , Vol . II , page 216 . Lincoln's letter to Briggs is from Collected ...
... Collected Works , Vol . IV , page 38. Briggs's reply is found in Abraham Lincoln , A History by John G. Nicolay and John Hay , The Century Company , New York , 1890 , Vol . II , page 216 . Lincoln's letter to Briggs is from Collected ...
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... Collected Works , Vol . III , page 377. Lamon's quote on Lincoln's modesty is from his Life , page 424. Herndon's comment on the time Lincoln spent on his speech is from Herndon's Lincoln , Vol . III , page 455. Sandburg's remark on the ...
... Collected Works , Vol . III , page 377. Lamon's quote on Lincoln's modesty is from his Life , page 424. Herndon's comment on the time Lincoln spent on his speech is from Herndon's Lincoln , Vol . III , page 455. Sandburg's remark on the ...
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... Collected Works , Vol . II , page 459. The list of presidential possi- bilities is quoted by Tarbell in her Life , Vol . I , page 341 . The minister's characterization of Cooper is from the New York Herald , April 5 , 1883. The story of ...
... Collected Works , Vol . II , page 459. The list of presidential possi- bilities is quoted by Tarbell in her Life , Vol . I , page 341 . The minister's characterization of Cooper is from the New York Herald , April 5 , 1883. The story of ...
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