The life of Abraham Lincoln

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Includes index Lincoln engraving Monaghan, J. Lincoln bibliography "Of this edition, printed on larger and finer paper than the regular edition, only three hundred and seventy-five copies have been made. This copy is no. 98"--T.p. verso Ancestry and early life -- Life at New Salem -- The Illinois legislature -- Miscellaneous speeches and marriage -- Congress and the bar -- The irrepressible conflict -- The struggle for Kansas -- The organization of the Republican Party -- The Lincoln and Douglas debate -- Lincoln becomes President -- Lincoln reaches Washington -- Lincoln in the White House -- Extra session of Congress -- Efforts for peaceful emancipation -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Military operations in 1861-1862 -- Antietam and Chancellorsville -- The tide turns -- After Gettysburg -- The Amendment proposed -- Passage of the Amendment -- Grant and Sherman -- The second term -- The approaching end -- Victory and death Includes: Life-mask of Abraham Lincoln engraving (hithero unpublished) Book, cloth; frontispiece 18
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