The life and times of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States : including his speeches, messages, inaugurals, proclamations, etc., etc.

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Lincoln engraving by John Sartain 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 Fish, D. Lincoln bibliography Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography Copy 1: Bound in cloth; frontispiece, front and back covers nearly detached Copy 2: Bound in leather; frontispiece, front and back covers nearly detached, spine detached, p. 367-368 loose Copy 3: Bound in leather; frontispiece, front and back covers nearly detached Copy 4: Bound in leather; frontispiece, front cover detached 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 18
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