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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Page 54
... took half of the manuscript home for further consideration . " When [ Lincoln ] came in , " said Medill , " we handed him our numerous notes with the reference places care- fully marked on the margins of the pages where each emendation ...
... took half of the manuscript home for further consideration . " When [ Lincoln ] came in , " said Medill , " we handed him our numerous notes with the reference places care- fully marked on the margins of the pages where each emendation ...
Page 55
... took three days and three nights to reach Philadelphia ; that they sat up all the way ; and that they had their meals from lunch baskets . During the journey , related Mrs. Smith , Lincoln showed uneasiness about the trunk he took along ...
... took three days and three nights to reach Philadelphia ; that they sat up all the way ; and that they had their meals from lunch baskets . During the journey , related Mrs. Smith , Lincoln showed uneasiness about the trunk he took along ...
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... took him to the notorious Five Points . It was a poverty - stricken tenement district midway between Broadway and the Bowery where five streets intersected . Only four days before their visit , the New York Tribune had described the ...
... took him to the notorious Five Points . It was a poverty - stricken tenement district midway between Broadway and the Bowery where five streets intersected . Only four days before their visit , the New York Tribune had described the ...
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