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The life and times of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States : including his speeches, messages, inaugurals, proclamations, etc., etc. /
- Other Title:
- Life & times of Abraham Lincoln; Life of Abraham Lincoln
- Authors:
- Brockett, L. P.
- Item ID:
- 71200908401332; 71200908401333; 71200908401334; 71200908401335
- Publisher:
- Philadelphia : Bradley & Co. ; Rochester, N.Y. : R.H. Curran ; Cincinnati : Jones Bros. & Co. ; Chicago : P.R. Randall, 1865 (Philadelphia : S.A. George, printer)
- Call Number:
- E457 .B86 1865
- Physical Description:
- 750 p., [3] leaves of plates : ill., front. (port.) ; 23 cm.
- Topic:
- Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Childhood and youth.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Political activity.
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Assassination.
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
- Note:
- Lincoln engraving by John Sartain.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Abraham Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky -- Abraham Lincoln's thirteen years in Indiana -- Lincoln in Illinois, as a rail-splitter, a clerk, and a volunteer -- Mr. Lincoln as a politician -- Mr. Lincoln in Congress and "on the stump" -- Abraham Lincoln's nomination and election to the presidency of the United States -- The gathering storm in the southern political horizon -- Mr. Lincoln's inaugural tour to Washington -- From the inauguration to the extra session of Congress, July 4, 1861 -- The extra session of Congress, and the first unfoldings of the policy of Emancipation -- The Emancipation Act -- The military operations of the year 1862 -- The political and military events of the year 1863 -- The year 1863, and Mr. Lincoln's renomination for the presidency -- From Mr. Lincoln's re-election to the conclusion of the war -- The assassination and its effects upon the country -- The funeral obsequies -- Reminiscences and anecdotes of President Lincoln -- Estimate of Mr. Lincoln's life, character, and works.; Copy 1: Bound in cloth; frontispiece.; Copy 2, 3, 4: Bound in leather; frontispiece.; Copy 1: Stamped on third prelim. p.: E.H. Robinson.; Copy 2: Book plate: Joe McCrary.; Copy 2: Handwritten signature in pencil on flyleaf verso: Joe McCrary.
- OCLC Number:
- ocm02948000
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets
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