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1. PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, engraved by A. H. RITCHIE 2 ABRAHAM LINCOLNS EARLY HOME IN KENTUCKY

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6. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS FAMILY, 1861
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7. PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION . & FAC-SIMILE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LETTER TO MR. RAYMOND .889, 890 I. PRESIDENT LINCOLN ENTERING RICHMOND 10. ASSASSINATION AT FORD'S THEATRE 11 THE DEATH OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 12 FUNERAL CORTEGE THROUGH NEW YORK 13. REMAINS LYING IN STATE AT CHICAGO

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I

Early Life of Abraham Lincoln. His Own Record.—His Ancestry.—Changes

of Residence.- Death and Funeral of his Mother.—Entrance upon Polit-

ical Life.—A Member of the Legislature and of Congress.—The Mexican

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War...

CHAPTER II.

TIE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEDATE.

Presidential Campaign of 1856.—Douglas at Springfield in 1857.— Lincoln's

Reply.—The Great Debate.-Eloquent Defence of the Doctrines of the

Republican Party.—Result of the Contest...

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CHAPTER III.

MR. LINCOLN AND THE PRESIDENCY.

The Campaign of 1859 in Ohio.—Mr. Lincoln's Speeches at Columbus and

Cincinnati.—His Visit to the East.-In New York City. The Great

Speech at Cooper Institute.—Mr. Lincoln nominated for the Presidency.

-His Election..

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CHAPTER IV.

FROM THE ELECTION, NOVEMBER 6, 1860, TO THE INAUGURATION, MARCH 4,

1861.

The Presidential Election.-Secession of South Carolina. Formation of the

Rebel Confederacy.—The Objects of Secession.-Secession Movements in
Washington.-Debates in Congress.—The Crittenden Resolutions.—Con-
ciliatory Action of Congress.—The Peace Conference.--Action of Con-
gress. --The Secession Movement unchecked....

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CHAPTER V.

FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WASHINGTON.

Speech at Indianapolis. — Arrival and Speech at Cincinnati.—Spcech at ca

lumbus.—Speech at Pittsburg.--Arrival and Spoech at Cleveland. -Arri-
val at Buffalo.--At Rochester and Syracuse.---At Albany.-Spoech at

Poughkeepsie.-In New York.—Reply to the Mayor of New York. Ia

New Jersey.-Arrival at Philadelphia. —Speech in Philadelphia.–At

Harrisburg.- Arrival and Reception at Washington....

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CHAPTER VI.

FROM THE INAUGURATION TO THE MEETING OF CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1861.

The Inaugural Address.—Organization of the Government.—The Bombard-

ment of Fort Sumter.-Passage of Troops through Baltimore.-Interview

with the Mayor of Baltimore.— The Blockade of Rebel Ports.—The Pres-

ident and the Virginia Commissioners.-Instruction to our Ministers

abroad.—Recognition of the Rebels as Belligerents.—Rights of Neu.

trals....

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CHAPTER VII.

THE EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS, AND THE MILITARY EVENTS OF THE SUMMER

OF 1861.

First Annual Message.-Action of Congress.-Slavery and Confiscation.—The

Defeat at Bull Run.—Treatment of the Slavery Question.-General Fre-

mont and the President.--The Trent Affair....

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CHAPTER VIII.

THE REGULAR SESSION OF CONGRESS, DECEMBER, 1861.—THE MESSAGE.--

DEBATES, ETO.

Meeting of Congress.- President's Message.—Disposition of Congress.-

Battle of Williamsburg.— sscClellan's Fear of being Overwhelmed.—Tho

President to McClellan.—Jackson's Raid in the Shenandoah Valley.--The

President to McClellan.-Seven Pines and Fair Oaks.—McClellan's Com-

plaints of McDowell.—His Continued Delays.—Prepares for Defeat.-

Calls for more Men.-His Advice to the President. - Preparations to Con-

centrate the Army.-General Halleck to McClellan.-Appointment of

General Pope.-Imperative Orders to McClellan.—McClellan's Failure to

aid Pope.—His Excuses for Delay.—Proposes to Leave Pope Unnided.

-Excuses for Franklin's Delay.-His Excuses proved Groundless.-His

alleged Lack of Supplies. – Advance into Maryland - The Presidert's

Letter to McClellan.—He Protests against Delay.-McClellan Relieved

from Command.-Speech by the President....

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CHAPTER X.

GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN 1862.

Successes in the Southwest.—Recognized Objects of the War.—Relations of

the War to Slavery.–Our Foreign Relations.— Proposed Mediation of the

French Emperor.—Reply to the French Proposal.—Secretary Seward's

Dispatch.—The President's Letter to Fernando Wood.-Observance of

the Sabbath....

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CHAPTER XI.

THE CONGRESSIONAL SESSION OF 1862-'63.-MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT

AXD GENERAL ACTION OF THE SESSION.

The President's Message.- Are the Rebel States Aliens ?—The Provision for

a Draft.- Message on the Finances and Currency.--Admission of West

Virginia. -Close of the Session.

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CHAPTER XII.

ARBITRARY ARRESTS.—THE SUSPENSION OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

-THE DRAFT.

Arbitrary Arrests. — First Suspension of the Habeas Corpug.-Aid and Com-

fort to the Rebels.-Executive Order åbout Arrests.- Appointment of a

Commissioner on Arrests.—Opposition to the Government. The Case of

Vallandigham.—Governor Seymour on Vallandigham.--President Lin-

coln on Arrests. —President Lincoln on Military Arrests. The Presi-

dent's Letter to Mr. Corning.--The President to the Ohio Coinmittee. —

The President on Vallandigham's Case.—Tho Habeas Corpus Suspended.

— Proclamation Concerning Aliens.—The Draft -The New York Riots. —

Letter to Governor Seymour.—The Draft Rosumed and Completed. Page 373