The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President |
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The death of President Lincoln and the terrible circumstances attending it , his funeral rites , solemn beyond example in history , and the passage of his honored remains from city to city for thousands of miles , created too deep an ...
The death of President Lincoln and the terrible circumstances attending it , his funeral rites , solemn beyond example in history , and the passage of his honored remains from city to city for thousands of miles , created too deep an ...
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In 1836, he was admitted to the bar, and was the same year again elected to the Legislature — an honor conferred on him by his fellow-citizens successively in 1838 and 1840. This closed for a time his political career.
In 1836, he was admitted to the bar, and was the same year again elected to the Legislature — an honor conferred on him by his fellow-citizens successively in 1838 and 1840. This closed for a time his political career.
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Sprung from the people , with no ancestral renown or services , with none of the auxiliaries which wealth , social position , or academic honors afford the mass of aspirants to great public honors , Abraham Lincoln rose step by step to ...
Sprung from the people , with no ancestral renown or services , with none of the auxiliaries which wealth , social position , or academic honors afford the mass of aspirants to great public honors , Abraham Lincoln rose step by step to ...
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In 1836 , he was admitted to the bar , and was the same year again elected to the Legislature -an honor conferred on him by his fellow - citizens successively in 1838 and 1840 . This closed for a time his political career .
In 1836 , he was admitted to the bar , and was the same year again elected to the Legislature -an honor conferred on him by his fellow - citizens successively in 1838 and 1840 . This closed for a time his political career .
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Meantime , in the year 1842 , Lincoln married a woman worthy to be the companion of his progress towards honor and distinction . Miss Mary Todd , who became his wife , is the daughter of Robert Todd , of Lexington , Kentucky , a man ...
Meantime , in the year 1842 , Lincoln married a woman worthy to be the companion of his progress towards honor and distinction . Miss Mary Todd , who became his wife , is the daughter of Robert Todd , of Lexington , Kentucky , a man ...
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| Title | The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President The Lincoln Memorial: A Record of the Life, Assassination, and Obsequies of the Martyred President, John Gilmary Shea |
| Editor | John Gilmary Shea |
| Publisher | Bunce & Huntington, 1865 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 7 Jun 2007 |
| ISBN | 0608364290, 9780608364292 |
| Length | 288 pages |
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