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THE EARLY HOME OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

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Character and Public Services

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ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

By WM. M. THAYER,

Author of the "Pioneer Boy," "Youth's History of the Rebellion," &c.

BOSTON:

DINSMOOR AND COMPANY,

33, SCHOOL STREET.

1864.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

WALKER, WISE, AND COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

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BOSTON:

STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON

No. 5, Water Street.

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CONTENTS.

Character and Public Services of Abraham

Lincoln

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BOYHOOD AND MANHOOD.- ELECTED PRESIDENT. -SPEECH
SPRINGFIELD. HIS REQUEST SUBLIME. — SPEECH AT NEW YORK. —
BEFORE OHIO SENATE. HIS WELCOME AN OVATION.
ASSASSINATE HIM. HIS INAUGURATION AND ADDRESS. ITS ELO-
QUENT APPEAL TO ENEMIES. HIS STYLE CLEAR AND FORCIBLE.-.
DEEP INTEREST IN THE SOLDIERS. - VISITS LIEUT. WORDEN.-
VISITS THE WOUNDED.—HIS INTERVIEW WITH REBELS.
QUALITIES. - INTERVIEW WITH THREE LITTLE GIRLS. COUNTING
GREENBACKS FOR A NEGRO.-RECEIVING A TRACT. A DESCRIPTION
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OF HIM BY A CLOSE OBSERVER. — HIS DAILY LIFE, BY PERLEY.".
DESCRIPTION OF HIM BY AN ENGLISH WRITER.-A REMARKABLE
EULOGIUM. HIS SINGLENESS OF PURPOSE, AND CONSISTENCY.
NEVER VACILLATES. -HIS LETTER TO A. G. HODGES, ESQ.-WORDS
OF MRS. STOWE. HIS MARKED HONESTY. HE STUDIES TO FOLLOW
PROVIDENCE. LETTER FROM A DEMOCRAT. HE HAS NO VICES.-
A TEMPERANCE MAN. HIS INTELLECTUAL POWER. WORSTED JUDGE
TRIBUTE TO THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
OPINION OF SENATOR TRUMBULL. EULOGY BY TWO FRENCH STATES-
MEN. OPINION OF AN ENGLISH WRITER. HIS REPARTEES AND ANEC-
DOTES. HIS ADMINISTRATION, AND DIFFICULTIES TO OVERCOME.—
HIS GLORIOUS SUCCESS.-CHARGES AGAINST HIM ANSWERED. - WRIT
OF HABEAS CORPUS. ARBITRARY ARRESTS.- LINCOLN A GREATER
GENERAL THAN M'CLELLAN. HIS ACTS AND LETTERS. HIS ANTI-
SLAVERY VIEWS.-PROGRESS OF FREEDOM. WORDS OF GARRISON
AND HON. MR. ARNOLD. FREMONT'S AND HUNTER'S PROCLAMA-
TIONS. MR. LINCOLN'S TOLERANT POLICY. RECONSTRUCTION. THE
PEOPLE'S CHOICE FOR PRESIDENT. VOICE FROM THE ARMY.— GEN.
NEAL DOW'S SPEECH.-HORACE GREELEY'S INCONSISTENCY. — MR.
LINCOLN NOT AN OFFICE-SEEKER. OUR FOREIGN FRIENDS DESIRE
HIS RE-ELECTION. SPEECH OF PETER SINCLAIR, ESQ., OF SCOTLAND,
AND OF HON. GEORGE THOMPSON, OF ENGLAND.

DOUGLAS.

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