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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 of Abraham Lincoln; Life & times of Abraham Lincoln
Authors:
Brockett, L. P.
Item ID:
71200908401383
Publisher:
Philadelphia ; Cincinnati : Jones Bros. & Co., 1865.
Call Number:
E457 .B864 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.; Book, bound in leather, covers worn.
OCLC Number:
ocm05309557
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Available for Viewing:
By appointment only
Category:
Books & Pamphlets