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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... stand .... I think I am a Whig ; but others say there are no whigs , and that I am an aboli- tionist .... I now do no more than oppose the extension of slavery . I am not a Know - Nothing [ a party founded on opposition to foreigners ...
... stand .... I think I am a Whig ; but others say there are no whigs , and that I am an aboli- tionist .... I now do no more than oppose the extension of slavery . I am not a Know - Nothing [ a party founded on opposition to foreigners ...
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Andrew A. Freeman. of manufacture and extraordinary cheapness stand un- rivaled . Call and examine them at Knox's Great Hat and Cap Establishment , No. 212 Broadway , Corner of Fulton Street . After the amenities , the first item of ...
Andrew A. Freeman. of manufacture and extraordinary cheapness stand un- rivaled . Call and examine them at Knox's Great Hat and Cap Establishment , No. 212 Broadway , Corner of Fulton Street . After the amenities , the first item of ...
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... stand by our duty , fearlessly and effec- tively . Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the ...
... stand by our duty , fearlessly and effec- tively . Let us be diverted by none of those sophistical contrivances wherewith we are so industriously plied and belabored - contrivances such as groping for some middle ground between the ...
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