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LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS DEBATE,

EARLY ACQUAINTANCE OF LINCOLN AND Douglas, ·

DOUGLAS AS A DEBATER,

DOUGLAS LINCOLN-PERSONAL DESCRIPTION,

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COOPER INSTITUTE ADDRESS,

CHICAGO CONVENTION-NOMINATION TO PRESIDENCY,

POPULAR VOTE-ELECTION,

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LIEUTENANT-GENERAL-NOMINATION OF ULYSSES S. GRANT,

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT ABOLISHING SLAVERY,

SECOND INAUGURATION,

VISIT TO ARMY HEAD-QUARTERS-CITY POINT,

LINCOLN--GRANT-SHERMAN-PERSONAL APPEARANCE

UNION TROOPS ENTER RICHMOND,

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CONTENTS.

DEATH OF LINCOLN,

SCENES IN WASHINGTON,

DEATH OF BOOTH,

ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF SECRETARY SEWARD,

RECEPTION OF MR. LINCOLN's DEATH THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY,

MEETING OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS,

COMMITTEE TO ATTEND THE REMAINS TO ILLINOIS,

FUNERAL CEREMONIES,

FUNERAL CORTEGE.-WASHINGTON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW JERSEY,

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SKETCH OF THE LIFE

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

MODERN history furnishes no life more eventful and important, terminated by a death so dramatic, as that of the Marty President. Poetry and painting, sculpture nd eloquence, have all sought to illustrate his career, but the grand epic poem of his life has yet to be written. We are too near him in point of time, fully to comprehend and appreciate his greatness and the vast influence he is to exert upon the world. The storms which marked his tempestuous political career have not yet entirely subsided, and the shock of his fearfully tragic death is still felt; but as the dust and smoke of war pass away, and the mists of prejudice which filled the air during the great conflict clear up, his character will stand out in bolder relief and more perfect outline.

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He was a

The ablest and most sincere apostle of world has ever seen was Abraham Lincoln. Christian statesman, with faith in God and man. men, whose pre-eminence in American history the

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