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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... wish this thing done , and not to let it fail unless he can show that I have refused him something he asked for . By April 6 , news reached Mr. Lincoln from Fort Pick- ens . The commander of the vessel on which the troops were quartered ...
... wish this thing done , and not to let it fail unless he can show that I have refused him something he asked for . By April 6 , news reached Mr. Lincoln from Fort Pick- ens . The commander of the vessel on which the troops were quartered ...
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... wish to have you hung , " he replied ; “ and if you think there is so much danger , I will not ask you to take it , although I am anxious to get it to Governor Houston as soon as possible . As you live in Texas and are about to return ...
... wish to have you hung , " he replied ; “ and if you think there is so much danger , I will not ask you to take it , although I am anxious to get it to Governor Houston as soon as possible . As you live in Texas and are about to return ...
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... wish to appoint Colonel Meigs Quartermas- ter - General , and yet General Cameron does not quite consent . I have come to know Colonel Meigs quite well for a short acquaintance , and , so far as I am capable of judging , I do not know ...
... wish to appoint Colonel Meigs Quartermas- ter - General , and yet General Cameron does not quite consent . I have come to know Colonel Meigs quite well for a short acquaintance , and , so far as I am capable of judging , I do not know ...
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... wish I could tell you something of the political troubles of the country , " he wrote home , " but I cannot find the time . They are enough to tax the wisdom of the wisest . Fort Sumter is in danger . Relief of it practically impossible ...
... wish I could tell you something of the political troubles of the country , " he wrote home , " but I cannot find the time . They are enough to tax the wisdom of the wisest . Fort Sumter is in danger . Relief of it practically impossible ...
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... wish , and 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 ...
... wish , and 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 ...
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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