SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

CONTAINING

HIS EARLY HISTORY AND POLITICAL CAREER; TOGETHER WITH THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, PROCLAMATIONS AND OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF

HIS EVENTFUL ADMINISTRATION.

BY FRANK CROSBY,

MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.

"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT BE THY COUNTRY'S,
THY GOD'S AND TRUTH'S; THEN IF THOU FALL'ST
THOU FALL'ST A BLESSED MARTYR."

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

JOHN E. POTTER.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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