Lucia

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

HIS EARLY HISTORY AND POLITICAL CAREER; TOGETHER WITH THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, PROCLAMATIONS AND OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF

CONTAINING

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

JOHN E. POTTER. In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania.

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