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Discoveries and inventions, a hitherto unpublished lecture by Abraham Lincoln.

Authors:
Lincoln, Abraham, Kelsey, Valeria.
Other Authors:
Kelsey, Valeria. Lincoln.
Item ID:
71200908412059
Publisher:
[San Francisco, California] : [Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Co.], 1909.
Call Number:
E457 .D573 1909
Physical Description:
pages 463-474: illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm
Topic:
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Oratory.
Note:
CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Detached from Sunset, the Magazine of the Pacific and All of the Far West, February, 1909.; With Lincoln [poem] by Valeria Kelsey.; "In the fateful year of 1860, the year of his election to the presidency, Lincoln took up ... the custom of lyceum lecturing, then in great vogue. This lecture on "Discoveries and Inventions" was delivered in towns near his home, Springfield, Illinois, and in Springfield itself on Washington's birthday. Five days later Lincoln made his great speech at Cooper Union, in New York." -- from Editor's Note.
Publication Source:
Sunset (Menlo Park, Calif.). May 1909, pages 463-474. (OCoLC)1766806
OCLC Number:
ocn919215941
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets