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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... persons of high station , of intellect and wealth , were expected to attend . They not only wanted to see Lincoln because any Westerner , be he statesman or horse trader , was a curiosity in New York , but they wanted to compare him ...
... persons of high station , of intellect and wealth , were expected to attend . They not only wanted to see Lincoln because any Westerner , be he statesman or horse trader , was a curiosity in New York , but they wanted to compare him ...
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... persons present , he could not have dreamed that like honors were to come to him , almost within a little more than a decade . He was greatly interested in all that was to be seen and we did not take our departure until three or four o ...
... persons present , he could not have dreamed that like honors were to come to him , almost within a little more than a decade . He was greatly interested in all that was to be seen and we did not take our departure until three or four o ...
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... that the weather kept many persons away . It was snowing and the streets were slushy . Nevertheless , about 1,500 were present . A large number , perhaps , came from the immediate 77 " I Have Only to Pronounce His Name "
... that the weather kept many persons away . It was snowing and the streets were slushy . Nevertheless , about 1,500 were present . A large number , perhaps , came from the immediate 77 " I Have Only to Pronounce His Name "
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