The Life of Abraham LincolnCosimo, Inc., 2008 M01 1 - 488 páginas She is remembered today as a muckraking journalist, author of such blockbuster exposes as 1904's The History of the Standard Oil Company, which actually contributed to the corporation's breakup in 1911. But in this 1900 work, as charming as it is important, American author IDA MINERVA TARBELL (1857-1944) shows a softer side as she traces, with a laudatory and admiring spirit, the development of the character and morals of Abraham Lincoln. Begun as a project by McClure's Magazine to collect and preserve the reminiscences of friends and acquaintances of Abraham Lincoln while they were still alive, the project grew into a series of articles for the periodical, and then finally this two-volume spiritual biography of the great man, which draws on firsthand memories and other material, including original sources such speeches, letters, and telegrams. Volume II begins with Lincoln's inauguration as President of the United States and follows him through the Civil War, his struggle with the "weapon" of emancipation, his reelection in 1864, and his death and funeral. This volume also features an extensive appendix of original documents written by and to Lincoln. |
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... March 4 , 1861 , found the city of Washing- ton astir . The Senate , which had met at seven o'clock the night before , was still in session ; scores of persons who had come to see the inauguration of the first Republican Presi- dent ...
... March 4 , 1861 , found the city of Washing- ton astir . The Senate , which had met at seven o'clock the night before , was still in session ; scores of persons who had come to see the inauguration of the first Republican Presi- dent ...
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... ( March 5 ) was a letter from Major Robert Anderson , the officer in command of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor , saying that he had but a week's provisions , and that if the place was to be re - en- forced so that it could be held , it ...
... ( March 5 ) was a letter from Major Robert Anderson , the officer in command of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor , saying that he had but a week's provisions , and that if the place was to be re - en- forced so that it could be held , it ...
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... March 5 received Anderson's letter . What was to be done ? The garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole United States army numbered but 16,000 . But if Mr ...
... March 5 received Anderson's letter . What was to be done ? The garrison must not be allowed to starve ; but evidently 20,000 disciplined men could not be had to relieve it - the whole United States army numbered but 16,000 . But if Mr ...
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... March II he sent an order that troops which had been sent to Pensacola in January by Mr. Buchanan , but never landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night ...
... March II he sent an order that troops which had been sent to Pensacola in January by Mr. Buchanan , but never landed , should be placed in Fort Pickens . As this order went by sea , it was necessarily some time before it arrived . Night ...
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... March 25 , the Senate asked for the correspondence of Anderson . The President did not believe the time had come , however , to take the public into his confidence , and he replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for ...
... March 25 , the Senate asked for the correspondence of Anderson . The President did not believe the time had come , however , to take the public into his confidence , and he replied : On examination of the correspondence thus called for ...
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Abraham Lincoln appointment April Army of Potomac asked August Baltimore believe Burnside cabinet called City Point coln Colonel Congress Cypher DEAR SIR death sentence December December 26 DEPARTMENT desertion dispatch election emancipation Emancipation Proclamation enemy execution of death EXECUTIVE MANSION February Fort Monroe Fort Sumter forward record Frémont friends further order Governor Grant Halleck Illinois January January 20 John June letter MAJOR ECKERT MAJOR-GENERAL MEADE March McClellan ment military Missouri Monroe morning never NICOLAY night North October October 15 OFFICER IN COMMAND Ohio party passed persons pier President President's proclamation received regiment Republican Richmond Saint Louis Secretary of War Senator sent September September 13 Seward slavery slaves soldiers South Springfield Stanton Sumter Suspend execution Talbott telegram telegraph Tenn thing tion to-day troops Union Volunteers vote WAR DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON WASHINGTON CITY Whigs White House wrote York