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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... tion of 200,000 . Its popularity in the rural districts of the West caused Bayard Taylor , a writer of the period , to declare that it " comes next to the Bible . " Both editions gained for Greeley , its publisher and editor , the ...
... tion of 200,000 . Its popularity in the rural districts of the West caused Bayard Taylor , a writer of the period , to declare that it " comes next to the Bible . " Both editions gained for Greeley , its publisher and editor , the ...
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... tion won our hearts and made his plain face pleasant to us all . " With the afternoon on their hands , the committee decided to take Lincoln sight - seeing and started north on Broadway which even then was called the best - lighted ...
... tion won our hearts and made his plain face pleasant to us all . " With the afternoon on their hands , the committee decided to take Lincoln sight - seeing and started north on Broadway which even then was called the best - lighted ...
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... tion law must be enacted and enforced , suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure . We ...
... tion law must be enacted and enforced , suppressing all declarations that slavery is wrong , whether made in politics , in presses , in pulpits , or in private . We must arrest and return their fugitive slaves with greedy pleasure . We ...
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