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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... 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 , and who had been unable to find other bed than the floor ...
... 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 , and who had been unable to find other bed than the floor ...
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... Senator from Iowa , " that Mr. Lincoln's enemies meant what they said , and that Gen- eral Scott's determination that the inauguration should go off peaceably prevented any hostile demonstration . " Other sup- porters of Mr. Lincoln ...
... Senator from Iowa , " that Mr. Lincoln's enemies meant what they said , and that Gen- eral Scott's determination that the inauguration should go off peaceably prevented any hostile demonstration . " Other sup- porters of Mr. Lincoln ...
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... Senate Chamber , filled to overflowing with Senators , members of the Diplomatic Corps , and visitors . The contrast ... Senator Baker , of Oregon . He carried a cane and a little roll - the manuscript of his inaugural address . There ...
... Senate Chamber , filled to overflowing with Senators , members of the Diplomatic Corps , and visitors . The contrast ... Senator Baker , of Oregon . He carried a cane and a little roll - the manuscript of his inaugural address . There ...
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... 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 , I have , with ...
... 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 , I have , with ...
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... Senate , with the need to meet applications for patronage , have prevented at- tention to other and more grave matters . Third . But further delay to adopt and prosecute our poli- cies for both domestic and foreign affairs would not ...
... Senate , with the need to meet applications for patronage , have prevented at- tention to other and more grave matters . Third . But further delay to adopt and prosecute our poli- cies for both domestic and foreign affairs would not ...
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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