THE

LIFE AND ADMINISTRATION

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

PRESENTING

HIS EARLY HISTORY, POLITICAL CAREER, SPEECHES,
MESSAGES, PROCLAMATIONS, LETTERS, ETC.,

WITH

A GENERAL VIEW OF HIS POLICY

AS

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,

EMBRACING

THE LEADING EVENTS OF THE WAR.

ALSO THE EUROPEAN PRESS ON HIS DEATH.

COMPILED BY

G. W. BACON.

LONDON:

SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON,
MILTON HOUSE, LUDGATE HILL;

BACON AND CO., 48, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1865.

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