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- Sketch of the life of Abraham…
- Authors:
- Bachelder, John B., Arnold, Isaac N.,
- Other Authors:
- Arnold, Isaac N., 1815-1884. The history of Abraham Lincoln, and the overthrow of slavery.
- Item ID:
- 71200908401038; 71200908401039; 71200908401040
- Publisher:
- New York : J.B. Bachelder, 1869, c1868.
- Call Number:
- E457 .A757 1869
- Physical Description:
- 75, [2], [18] p. : front. (port.) ; 24 cm.
- Topic:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
- Note:
- Lincoln engraving by H.B. Hall, Jr. from a photo by Brady & Co.; CLICK ON WEB ADDRESS TO REACH THIS DOCUMENT.; Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln -- Lincoln ancestry -- Boyhood of Lincoln -- Youthful duties and amusements -- Early education -- Elected Captain: Black Hawk War -- Nomination for legislature -- Member of the legislature -- Admitted to the bar -- Practice at the bar -- Professional bearing -- Retirement from the legislature -- Anti-slavery proclivities -- Marriage -- Mary Todd -- Children -- In Congress -- Stephen A. Douglas -- Abolition of slavery at Washington -- Successor in Congress: E.D. Barker -- Beginning of the end of slavery -- Lincoln in the Kansas struggle -- Lincoln and Douglas debate -- Early acquaintance of Lincoln and Douglas -- Douglas as a debater -- Douglas-Lincoln: personal description -- Cooper Institute address -- Chicago Convention: nomination to presidency -- Popular vote: election -- Journey to Washington -- Arrival at Washington -- Reception -- First inauguration -- Civil War -- Thirty-seventh Congress -- Calling out troops -- Regular session of Congress, December 1861 -- Slavery laws passed -- Emancipation Proclamation -- Owen Lovejoy -- Proclamation issued: January 1, 1863 -- Gettysburg: consecration -- New year, 1864 --; Lieutenant-General: nomination of Ulysses S. Grant -- Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery -- Second inauguration -- Visit to Army head-quarters: City Point -- Lincoln-Grant-Sherman: personal appearance -- Union troops enter Richmond -- Visit to Richmond -- Return to Washington -- Review of the Army -- Last days of Lincoln -- Assassination -- Visit to Ford's Theater -- John Wilkes Booth -- Details of the assassination -- President removed from the Theater -- Death of Lincoln -- Scenes in Washington -- Death of Booth -- Attempted assassination of Secretary Seward -- Reception of Mr. Lincoln's death throughout the country -- Meeting of members of Congress -- Committee to attend the remains to Illinois -- Funeral ceremonies -- Funeral cortege: Washington, Philadelphia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois -- Personal sketches -- Fondness for reading -- Last Sunday of his life -- Conversational powers -- Public speaker -- The words of Lincoln -- Habitual manner of transacting business at the White House -- Description of rooms and furniture -- Etiquette of business reception -- Greatness of his services -- The most democratic President -- Religious creed -- Belief in a god -- Engraved portrait of President Lincoln.; [18] p. of the publisher's advertisements at end.; Bound in cloth; frontispiece (copy 1 and 2).; Bound in cloth; frontispiece, front and back covers nearly detached, loose pages, spine nearly detached (copy 3).
- OCLC Number:
- ocm00382657
- Holding Institution:
- Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
- Available for Viewing:
- By appointment only
- Category:
- Books & Pamphlets