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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... United States Supreme Court , a bench before which Lincoln had never appeared although he had been ad- mitted to practice before it . Each was younger than Lincoln . Harding was twenty - eight years old and a gradu- ate of the ...
... United States Supreme Court , a bench before which Lincoln had never appeared although he had been ad- mitted to practice before it . Each was younger than Lincoln . Harding was twenty - eight years old and a gradu- ate of the ...
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... United States , had given him sufficient national stature to stand against such Republicans as Chase and Seward . Although Lincoln made a remarkable showing in the speaking contests he and Douglas held the previous year , while both ...
... United States , had given him sufficient national stature to stand against such Republicans as Chase and Seward . Although Lincoln made a remarkable showing in the speaking contests he and Douglas held the previous year , while both ...
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... United States , and , as such , ap- proved and signed the bill ; thus completing its validity as a law , and thus showing that , in his understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything in the Constitution ...
... United States , and , as such , ap- proved and signed the bill ; thus completing its validity as a law , and thus showing that , in his understanding , no line dividing local from federal authority , nor anything in the Constitution ...
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