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THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TOGETHER WITH

HIS STATE PAPERS,

INCLUDING

HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, LETTERS,

AND PROCLAMATIONS,

AND

THE CLOSING SCENES CONNECTED WITH HIS LIFE AND DEATH.

BY

HENRY J. RAYMOND.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

ANECDOTES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN,

BY FRANK B. CARPENTER.

WITH A STEEL PORTRAIT, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS:

NEW YORK:

DERBY AND MILLER, PUBLISHERS,

No. 5 SPRUCE STREET.

1865.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
BEQUEST OF

GEORGE AUGUSTINE THAYER
NOVEMBER 14, 1925

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

BY DERBY & MILLER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District

of New York.

ALVORD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER

ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, engraved by A. H. RITCHIE

2. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EARLY HOME IN KENTUCKY

S. ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S HOME IN SPRINGFIELD

4. RAISING THE OLD FLAG AT INDEPENDENCE HALL

5. PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND HIS FAMILY, 1861

6. INAUGURATION AS PRESIDENT AT WASHINGTON

T. PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION

66 260

& FAC-SIMILE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S LETTER TO MR. RAYMOND.569, 590