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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... vote was the only vote in the Cabinet - the only vote in the country . The decision and orders he should give the next day might plunge the country into civil war . Could he escape it ? All night he went over the problem , but his watch ...
... vote was the only vote in the Cabinet - the only vote in the country . The decision and orders he should give the next day might plunge the country into civil war . Could he escape it ? All night he went over the problem , but his watch ...
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... vote decided to hold no convention . Maryland had already held an irregular State assembly , but nothing had been ... voted itself out , Texas . A conflict had arisen there between the Southern party and the Governor , Sam Houston , and ...
... vote decided to hold no convention . Maryland had already held an irregular State assembly , but nothing had been ... voted itself out , Texas . A conflict had arisen there between the Southern party and the Governor , Sam Houston , and ...
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... vote in the cabinet . This was in reference to Sumter . During the period when the President was wait- ing to hear from Fort Pickens , commissioners from the Southern Confederacy had been in Washington . Mr. Sew- ard had not received ...
... vote in the cabinet . This was in reference to Sumter . During the period when the President was wait- ing to hear from Fort Pickens , commissioners from the Southern Confederacy had been in Washington . Mr. Sew- ard had not received ...
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... voting him men and money . Re- sources he was not going to lack . The confidence of the country was what he needed . To stimulate this confidence , Mr. Lincoln and his advisers summoned to Washington , on July 22 , George B. McClellan ...
... voting him men and money . Re- sources he was not going to lack . The confidence of the country was what he needed . To stimulate this confidence , Mr. Lincoln and his advisers summoned to Washington , on July 22 , George B. McClellan ...
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... votes of thanks by the cabinet and by Congress , all kinds of ovation , were ac- corded Captain Wilkes . During this excitement the Presi- dent held his peace , not even referring to the affair in themes- sage he sent to Congress on ...
... votes of thanks by the cabinet and by Congress , all kinds of ovation , were ac- corded Captain Wilkes . During this excitement the Presi- dent held his peace , not even referring to the affair in themes- sage he sent to Congress on ...
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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