Lincoln of Kentucky“Covers Lincoln’s background in Kentucky and his lifelong association with the state of his birth . . . entertaining . . . well researched.” —Louisville Courier-Journal |
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... conventions, and he often visited Washington and other eastern cities to forge union with the eastern members of his party. He was also a poet, publishing in the Journal a considerable amount of his own verses and the works of others ...
... convention endorsed Baker, but the Pekin district party convention selected Hardin. Lincoln got the convention to go on record as endorsing Baker in 1844, thus establishing a principle of rotation in office after one term. This would ...
... convention, and the slavery article in the old constitution was repeated in the new one. In a speech at Bloomington, Illinois, on May 29,1856, Lincoln was alleged to have been critical of Kentucky's failure to provide for some means of ...
... convention in Scott County and denounced the great wrong and injustice of the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and the extension of slavery into free territory.” His main purpose then was to secure the reelection of Congressman Richard ...
... convention , but he was reassured by the presence of some 270 delegates who came to organize the Illinois Republican party . Rejecting extremist demands , the convention adopted a moderate platform . On the slavery issue it merely ...
Contents
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1802 | |
1815 | |
1824 | |
1836 | |
1852 | |
1868 | |
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Lincoln and Wartime Issues in Kentucky | |
Lincoln Slavery and Kentucky | |
Notes | |
Bibliographical Essay | |
Index | |