The life and times of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States. Including his speeches, messages, inaugurals, proclamations, etc., etc. / by L.P. Brockett ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brockett, L. P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893.

Contributor:

Alfred Whital Stern Collection of Lincolniana (Library of Congress)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Presidents.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

750 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm

8vo.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Bradley & Co. ; Rochester, N.Y. : R.H. Curran, 1865.

Contents:

Abraham Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky

Abraham Lincoln's thirteen years in Indiana

Lincoln in Illinois, as a rail-splitter, a clerk, and a volunteer

Mr. Lincoln as a politician

Mr. Lincoln in Congress and "on the stump"

Abraham Lincoln's nomination and election to the presidency of the United States

The gathering storm in the southern political horizon

Mr. Lincoln's inaugural tour to Washington

From the inauguration to the extra session of Congress, July 4, 1861

The extra session of Congress, and the first unfoldings of the policy of Emancipation

The Emancipation Act

The military operations of the year 1862

The political and military events of the year 1863

The year 1863, and Mr. Lincoln's renomination for the presidency

From Mr. Lincoln's re-election to the conclusion of the war

The assassination and its effects upon the country

The funeral obsequies

Reminiscences and anecdotes of President Lincoln

Estimate of Mr. Lincoln's life, character, and works.

Local Notes:

Inscribed: Rev. Judson Davis, Hannible

Other Format:

Online version: Brockett, L.P. (Linus Pierpont), 1820-1893. Life and times of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth president of the United States.

OCLC:

2948000