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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... four o'clock that morning . When we went to the cloak and hat room , Mr. Lincoln had no trouble finding his short cloak , which little more than covered his shoul- ders , but after a long search , was unable to find his hat . After an ...
... four o'clock that morning . When we went to the cloak and hat room , Mr. Lincoln had no trouble finding his short cloak , which little more than covered his shoul- ders , but after a long search , was unable to find his hat . After an ...
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... Four times a member of the Illinois legislature , and was a member of the lower house of Congress . That might have been why Lincoln's name did not appear in the list of Twenty - one Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 ...
... Four times a member of the Illinois legislature , and was a member of the lower house of Congress . That might have been why Lincoln's name did not appear in the list of Twenty - one Prominent Candidates for the Presidency in 1860 ...
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... four months after Lincoln delivered his " House Divided " speech , Seward made an address in which he said the slavery struggle was " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and en- during forces and it means that the United States ...
... four months after Lincoln delivered his " House Divided " speech , Seward made an address in which he said the slavery struggle was " an irrepressible conflict between opposing and en- during forces and it means that the United States ...
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