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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... reporter of the Tribune who picked up the speech , a document of about 7,500 words . Later in the day , after it was set in type and galley sheets distributed to other papers for publication UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES on Tuesday ...
... reporter of the Tribune who picked up the speech , a document of about 7,500 words . Later in the day , after it was set in type and galley sheets distributed to other papers for publication UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LIBRARIES on Tuesday ...
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... reporter's skill . " Lincoln did not see the Evening Post that day because he left the city for New England before it appeared on the streets . It , too , had the speech in full under this headline : FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION IN FAVOR ...
... reporter's skill . " Lincoln did not see the Evening Post that day because he left the city for New England before it appeared on the streets . It , too , had the speech in full under this headline : FRAMERS OF THE CONSTITUTION IN FAVOR ...
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... reporter said of the neighborhood : " It is low , lumbery , muddy , piggy , tenement - housey , noisy ; in short , nasty . ” With an attraction so meager , the reporter wondered why a crowd so big - there were 6,000 on 105.
... reporter said of the neighborhood : " It is low , lumbery , muddy , piggy , tenement - housey , noisy ; in short , nasty . ” With an attraction so meager , the reporter wondered why a crowd so big - there were 6,000 on 105.
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