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OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

BY

DISTINGUISHED MEN OF HIS TIME

COLLECTED AND EDITED BY

ALLEN THORNDIKE RICE

EDITOR OF THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW

NEW YORK

NORTH AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY

30 LAFAYETTE PLACE

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CONTENTS.

I.

GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT.

Too much Tail-The Dutch Gap Canal-I will make a
Fizzle, anyhow.

PAGES

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II.

HON. ELIHU B. WASHBURNE,

EX-MINISTER TO FRANCE.

Early Life of Abraham Lincoln-In the Black Hawk War (1837)-His First Political Success-Early Contemporaries Popularity as a Story-Teller— Brilliancy as a Stump-Speaker-A Strong Partisan of Clay-Personal Appearance of Old Abe-At the Presidential Inauguration Ball-On the Missouri Compromise (1854)-Lincoln Defeated for the Senate (1858)-President of the United States (1861)— Gloomy Misgivings on the Situation-Conspiracy to Assassinate the President-elect - Precautions against Assassination-"How are you, Lincoln ?" Mr. Blaine's Error-Would not Decline a Second Term (1863)-The Fall of Richmond-" Mr. Lincoln has been Assassinated".

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