THE

LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN,

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TOGETHER WITH

HIS STATE PAPERS,

INCLUDING

HIS SPEECHES, ADDRESSES, MESSAGES, LETTERS,

AND PROCLAMATIONS,

AND

THE CLOSING SCENES CONNECTED WITH HIS LIFE AND DEATH.

BY

HENRY J. RAYMOND.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

ANECDOTES AND PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN,

BY FRANK B. CARPENTER.

WITH A STEEL PORTRAIT, AND OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS:

NEW YORK:

DERBY AND MILLER, PUBLISHERS,

No. 5 SPRUCE STREET.

1865.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

ALVORD, STEREOTYPER AND PRINTER

ILLUSTRATIONS.

1. PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, engraved by A. H. RITCHIE

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