Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-12-01
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

| CONTAINS:
ABRAHAM LINCOLN,
BY HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES,
JOHN G. NICOLAY AND COL. JOHN HAY.
With portraits fac-similes OF surveys made by Lin
coin, views OF his early home, ETC., and a nfe-sze
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made by the sculptor volk in 1860. The present
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LINCOLN AS SOLDIER, SURVEYOR, AND
| POLITICIAN.
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personal rivals and political foes are brought out
in the anecdOtal accounts OF his business partner
ships reading habits, personal strength, and skill
| as wrestler. 1t also describes the Black Hawk
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lature, where he met stephen A. Douglas; "Bedlam
Legislation, the land craze OF Chicago; the Lin
coln-Stone protest, and the public feeling on the
Slavery question, shown by the murder OF Lovejoy.
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valuable paper OF "reminiscences by his executor
| and political adversary, ]. o. Harrison, and
ASHLAND, THE HOME OF HENRY CLAY,
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LITTLE MILLERITE.
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THE FOOD QUESTION
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