Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning PointStackpole Books, 2008 M06 13 - 400 páginas The pivotal speech that changed the course of Lincoln's career and America's history. Complete examination of the speech, including the full text delivered in 1854 in Peoria, Illinois. |
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... Richard Yates, Lyman Trumbull Pro-Nebraska National Leaders 79 Jefferson, Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, David Rice Atchison, Franklin Pierce Anti-Nebraska National Leaders 89 Salmon P. Chase, William H. Seward, Charles Sumner, Sam ...
... Richard Yates, Lyman Trumbull Pro-Nebraska National Leaders 79 Jefferson, Davis, Alexander H. Stephens, David Rice Atchison, Franklin Pierce Anti-Nebraska National Leaders 89 Salmon P. Chase, William H. Seward, Charles Sumner, Sam ...
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... Yates. Antislavery principle, public ambition, and political opportunity drove Lincoln to select an immediate and practical target in 1854—the need for central Illinois to reelect its anti-Nebraska congressman. Richard Yates, the ...
... Yates. Antislavery principle, public ambition, and political opportunity drove Lincoln to select an immediate and practical target in 1854—the need for central Illinois to reelect its anti-Nebraska congressman. Richard Yates, the ...
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... Richard J. Carwar- dine argued: “To run for the legislature, which was imminently to choose a successor to the ... Yates-Harris contest. He intervened with Democrat John M. Palmer of Macoupin County, who sought reelection from a State Senate ...
... Richard J. Carwar- dine argued: “To run for the legislature, which was imminently to choose a successor to the ... Yates-Harris contest. He intervened with Democrat John M. Palmer of Macoupin County, who sought reelection from a State Senate ...
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... Richard Yates to congress . His speeches at once attracted a more marked attention than they had ever before done . As the canvass proceeded , he was drawn to different parts of the state , outside of Mr. Yates ' district . He did not ...
... Richard Yates to congress . His speeches at once attracted a more marked attention than they had ever before done . As the canvass proceeded , he was drawn to different parts of the state , outside of Mr. Yates ' district . He did not ...
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... Richard Yates The Gilder Lehrman Collection, courtesy of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, New York, reference number GLC 5596.22 Lyman Trumbull Library of Congress Prints ...
... Richard Yates The Gilder Lehrman Collection, courtesy of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, on deposit at the New-York Historical Society, New York, reference number GLC 5596.22 Lyman Trumbull Library of Congress Prints ...
Contenido
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THE IDEAS AND ARGUMENTS 101 | 101 |
V THE ROAD FROM PEORIA 153 | 153 |
VI CHALLENGING DRED SCOTT THE SUPREME COURT AND DOUGLAS 189 | 189 |
VII PEORIA CHARACTERIZES THE LINCOLN PRESIDENCY 217 | 217 |
VIII CODA 257 | 257 |
Full Text of Speech at Peoria Illinois 289 | 289 |
Acknowledgments 329 | 329 |
Milestones in the Lives of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A Douglas 341 | 341 |
Notes 352 | 352 |
Bibliography 382 | 382 |
Index 396 | 396 |
Back Cover | 413 |
IX THE PEORIA SPEECH AND THE HISTORIANS RECORD 269 | 269 |
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