ALincoln.

Published by J. Kelly. 87 Fulton Street.N.Y

THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

With a Portrait on Steel.

TO WHICH IS ADDED A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF

HON. HANNIBAL HAMLIN.

BY D. W. BARTLETT,

WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT OF THE NEW-YORK INDEPENDENT AND EVENING POST,

AND AUTHOR OF LIVES OF MODERN AGITATORs," life of "LADY

H. DAYTON, PUBLISHER,

No. 36 HoWARD-STREET.

1860.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1800, by

H. DAYTON,

In the Clerk's office, of the District Court, for the Southern District of

New-York.

Employed in splitting Rails

Enlists as a Volunteer in the Black-Hawk War, and serves through the

Campaign...

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Appointed Postmaster.

Practises Surveying,

Buys a Stock of Goods on Credit, and opens a Store.

Studies Law..

Elected to the Legislature.

His Position on the Slavery Question in 1837

Removes to Springfield, and opens a Law Office.

His Labors in the Field of Politics..

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PART SECOND.

IN CONGRESS,

Elected to Congress in 1846..........

Statesmen in the Thirtieth Congress.

His Votes in Favor of Harbor and River Improvements.

Slavery in the District of Columbia..

His Resolutions on the Mexican War.

Vote of Supplies for the War..

Putnam's Resolution.

The Ten-Regiment Bill.

The Tariff.

Slavery in the Territories

Webster's Speech on.

Mr. Corwin's Remarks on.

Mr. Lincoln's Course on.

New-Mexico and California.

The Gott Resolution..