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Quote of the Day
Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.”– Letter to Thurlow Weed, March 15, 1865
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[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

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 & Churchill
They were different men with different backgrounds and very different leadership styles. Abraham Lincoln and Winston Churchill lived through...