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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... force against or among the people anywhere . " In his original copy of the inaugural address Mr. Lincoln wrote , " All the power at my disposal will be used to reclaim the public property and places which have fallen ; to hold , oc ...
... force against or among the people anywhere . " In his original copy of the inaugural address Mr. Lincoln wrote , " All the power at my disposal will be used to reclaim the public property and places which have fallen ; to hold , oc ...
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... force to Sumter , an almost impregnable position in the centre of the harbor . In the South the uproar over this act was terrific . The administration was accused of treachery . It in turn cen- sured Anderson , though he had acted ...
... force to Sumter , an almost impregnable position in the centre of the harbor . In the South the uproar over this act was terrific . The administration was accused of treachery . It in turn cen- sured Anderson , though he had acted ...
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... quick and generous to acknowledge his power . " Executive force and vigor are rare qualities , " he wrote to Mrs. Seward on June 5 . " The President is the best of us . " CHAPTER XXIII THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR IT WAS on 32 LIFE OF ...
... quick and generous to acknowledge his power . " Executive force and vigor are rare qualities , " he wrote to Mrs. Seward on June 5 . " The President is the best of us . " CHAPTER XXIII THE BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR IT WAS on 32 LIFE OF ...
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... force em- ployed for its destruction , by force for its preservation . zens This was not Mr. Lincoln's view alone . It was the view of the North . And when , on April 15 , he issued a proclama- tion calling for 75,000 militia and ...
... force em- ployed for its destruction , by force for its preservation . zens This was not Mr. Lincoln's view alone . It was the view of the North . And when , on April 15 , he issued a proclama- tion calling for 75,000 militia and ...
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... force was marching on the city . Now there were not over 2,500 armed men in Washington . Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be ...
... force was marching on the city . Now there were not over 2,500 armed men in Washington . Regiments were known to be on their way from Pennsylvania and Massachusetts , but nobody could say when they would ar- rive . Washington might be ...
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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