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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... matter the new President could not have been called upon to decide , for all the issues between North and South were at that moment focused in the fate of Fort Sum- ter . A series of dramatic incidents had given the fort this peculiar ...
... matter the new President could not have been called upon to decide , for all the issues between North and South were at that moment focused in the fate of Fort Sum- ter . A series of dramatic incidents had given the fort this peculiar ...
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... matter stood when Mr. Lincoln on the morning of 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 ...
... matter stood when Mr. Lincoln on the morning of 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 ...
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... matter he stated later to Con- gress , in substantially the following words : To abandon that position , under the circumstances , would have been utterly ruinous ; the necessity under which it was done would not have been fully ...
... matter he stated later to Con- gress , in substantially the following words : To abandon that position , under the circumstances , would have been utterly ruinous ; the necessity under which it was done would not have been fully ...
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... matter on hand at the moment as vital as the relief of Sumter - how to prevent further ac- cessions to the Southern Confederacy . When he was in- augurated , seven of the slave - holding States had left the Union . In two others ...
... matter on hand at the moment as vital as the relief of Sumter - how to prevent further ac- cessions to the Southern Confederacy . When he was in- augurated , seven of the slave - holding States had left the Union . In two others ...
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... matters became more seri- ous , visitors from the doubtful States often expressed their amazement at the President's knowledge of the sentiments and conditions of their parts of the country . The first State in which Lincoln attempted ...
... matters became more seri- ous , visitors from the doubtful States often expressed their amazement at the President's knowledge of the sentiments and conditions of their parts of the country . The first State in which Lincoln attempted ...
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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