The Life and Public Services of Hon. Abraham Lincoln: With a Portrait on Steel. To which is Added a Biographical Sketch of Hon. Hannibal HamlinThis volume offers a biography of 1860 presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln, with transcripts of some of his most important campaign speeches. |
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