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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... suppose they thought I was the agent of the long - talked - of plot to capture Washington and kill Mr. Lin- coln . They searched me , and then started me to the mouth of the tunnel , to take me to the guard - house , but the crowd was ...
... suppose they thought I was the agent of the long - talked - of plot to capture Washington and kill Mr. Lin- coln . They searched me , and then started me to the mouth of the tunnel , to take me to the guard - house , but the crowd was ...
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... Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always ; and when , after much loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you cease fighting , the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you . Why should there not ...
... Suppose you go to war , you cannot fight always ; and when , after much loss on both sides , and no gain on either , you cease fighting , the identical old questions as to terms of intercourse are again upon you . Why should there not ...
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... magnificently recommended ; but the great point in his favor is that Thurlow Weed and Horace Gree- ley join in recommending him . I suppose the like never happened before , and never will again ; so that THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN ...
... magnificently recommended ; but the great point in his favor is that Thurlow Weed and Horace Gree- ley join in recommending him . I suppose the like never happened before , and never will again ; so that THE FIRST INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN ...
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... suppose I am entitled to have , the ad- vice of all the cabinet . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . " * The magnanimity of this letter was only excelled by the President's treatment of the matter . He never revealed Mr. Seward's ...
... suppose I am entitled to have , the ad- vice of all the cabinet . Your obedient servant , A. LINCOLN . " * The magnanimity of this letter was only excelled by the President's treatment of the matter . He never revealed Mr. Seward's ...
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... suppose that there was an overwhelming sentiment in the country in fa- vor of keeping the commissioners and braving the wrath of England . Banquets and presentations , votes of thanks by the cabinet and by Congress , all kinds of ...
... suppose that there was an overwhelming sentiment in the country in fa- vor of keeping the commissioners and braving the wrath of England . Banquets and presentations , votes of thanks by the cabinet and by Congress , all kinds of ...
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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