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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... meetings that ensued , emerged the Republican Party . State conventions were called , and Illinois , among the last to get in line , held its meeting on May 29 , 1856 , in Bloomington , at which Lincoln was the principal speaker . So ...
... meetings that ensued , emerged the Republican Party . State conventions were called , and Illinois , among the last to get in line , held its meeting on May 29 , 1856 , in Bloomington , at which Lincoln was the principal speaker . So ...
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... meeting . These lectures have been contrived to call out our better , but busier citizens , who never attend political meetings . A large part of the audience would also consist of ladies The time we should prefer , would be about the ...
... meeting . These lectures have been contrived to call out our better , but busier citizens , who never attend political meetings . A large part of the audience would also consist of ladies The time we should prefer , would be about the ...
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... meeting , al- though subsequently Beecher had much to say about Lincoln . Although in some quarters Beecher is credited with being a leader of thought and action in the anti - slavery movement , he had waited a long time before he took ...
... meeting , al- though subsequently Beecher had much to say about Lincoln . Although in some quarters Beecher is credited with being a leader of thought and action in the anti - slavery movement , he had waited a long time before he took ...
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