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Abraham Lincoln’s White House
Daily Story
[The Detroit Free Press, 9 January 1898, interviews 88-year-old Richard W. Thompson who recalls AL’s opinion of one claim:] I will say of your case that it suggests to me a story I once heard about Sam Brown, lawyer, in Illinois. This…
Abraham Lincoln in Depth
Abraham Lincoln’s Moods
“Lincoln was a curious – mysterious – quite an incomprehensible man,” wrote William H. Herndon shortly before he died... Read more View more articles
Cartoon Corner
President Lincoln enjoyed humor. Many Americans enjoyed making fun of the President. Some of the most recognizable cartoons were published in Harper’s Weekly, a New York City periodical ... Read more
August Belmont (1816-1890)
The group of New York Democrats with whom August Belmont was associated was called the “Silk Stockings.”
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Border States
The loyalty of the Border States were a pressing concern for both the Confederate and Union governments in 1861:
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George Opdyke (1805-1880)
George Opdyke was a fighter…. He “had risen from a journeyman tailor in New Orleans to be one of New York’s wealthy merchants.”
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Lincoln "by littles"by Lewis E. Lehrman
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Lincoln "by littles": "The self-tutored lawyer from Illinois could not understand those 'don't care' politicians, such as Senator Stephen A. Douglas, who pretended indifference to involuntary servitude." |
Lincoln & Churchill
They were different men with different backgrounds and very different leadership styles. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill lived through...
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