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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... Springfield with the election . As Mr. Lincoln had been elected without bargains on his part , he did not propose to consider minor appointments until actu- ally inaugurated . " I have made up my mind , " he said to a visitor a few days ...
... Springfield with the election . As Mr. Lincoln had been elected without bargains on his part , he did not propose to consider minor appointments until actu- ally inaugurated . " I have made up my mind , " he said to a visitor a few days ...
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... Springfield with an insufficient force : Word was returned to me that General Frémont was very busy , that he could not receive the dispatch then , and re- quested me to call in the afternoon . I called THE FAILURE OF FREMONT 63.
... Springfield with an insufficient force : Word was returned to me that General Frémont was very busy , that he could not receive the dispatch then , and re- quested me to call in the afternoon . I called THE FAILURE OF FREMONT 63.
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... Springfield , Missouri , where I expected to find Frémont . I rode this distance principally in the night , passing through the small rebel towns at a very rapid gait . About 117 miles from Rolla I reached the outer cordon of Frémont's ...
... Springfield , Missouri , where I expected to find Frémont . I rode this distance principally in the night , passing through the small rebel towns at a very rapid gait . About 117 miles from Rolla I reached the outer cordon of Frémont's ...
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... Springfield and was in the region of a place called Buffalo . I therefore started out about eleven o'clock at night on the Buffalo road , and , after great diffi- culty , reached the town about daylight , but I could hear nothing of ...
... Springfield and was in the region of a place called Buffalo . I therefore started out about eleven o'clock at night on the Buffalo road , and , after great diffi- culty , reached the town about daylight , but I could hear nothing of ...
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... Springfield in a four - mule ambulance . Arriving , he issued a short proclamation as- suming command . It was thought by some that this would produce a mutiny among the foreign element . It did not . It was not in the West alone that ...
... Springfield in a four - mule ambulance . Arriving , he issued a short proclamation as- suming command . It was thought by some that this would produce a mutiny among the foreign element . It did not . It was not in the West alone that ...
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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