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Lincoln, his life and time : being the life and public services of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages and proclamations and closing scenes connected with his life and death / by Henry J. Raymond, to which are added Anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln by Frank B. Carpenter.

Title
Lincoln, his life and time : being the life and public services of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States, together with his state papers, including his speeches, addresses, messages and proclamations and closing scenes connected with his life and death / by Henry J. Raymond, to which are added Anecdotes and personal reminiscences of President Lincoln by Frank B. Carpenter.
Author
Raymond, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis), 1820-1869
Publication
Chicago : Thompson & Thomas, c1891.

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Additional Authors
  • Carpenter, F. B. (Francis Bicknell), 1830-1900
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Description
2 v. (808) p.; 21 cm.
Summary
This work is a biography of Abraham Lincoln and focuses on his presidency and administration during the Civil War.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
Note
  • 1st ed. 1865.
  • Enlarged ed. of his : History of the administration of President Lincoln, New York, 1864.
  • Publ. also under title: The life and public services of Abraham Lincoln.
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Early life of Abraham Lincoln -- The Lincoln-Douglas debates -- Mr. Lincoln and the presidency -- From the election, November 6, 1860 to the inauguration, March 4th 1861 -- From Springfield to Washington -- From the inauguration to the meeting of Congress, July 4th 1861 -- The extra session of Congress and the military events of the summer of 1861 -- The regular session of Congress, December 1861 -- The military administration of 1862 -- General conduct of the administration in 1862 -- The congressional session of 1862-1863 -- Arbitrary arrests -- Military events of 1863 -- Political movements in Missouri -- The Congress of 1863-1864 -- Moments towards reconstruction -- Military events of the spring and summer of 1864 -- The political campaign of 1864 --- The meeting of congress and progress of the war -- Close of the rebellion -- The president's assassination -- Anecdotes and reminiscences of President Lincoln.
OCLC
  • 3549162
  • SCSB-10674685
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library