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 HERRIN(JbHAV S LlllRARV OF AMERICAN mOGUAl'HY. of born F«b. 12, IHUD, llie I iiiU'tl Mates, in llttrJhi (wow Lartiel county, Ky. In 1«HI

748.

The

fiitnily

^01.

Ill

Lincoln,

Abraham, «ixt«snth president

WM

fiitluT anil

what

to

I'finovi'il

now

S|i. lu'tT

Iml.

Il>*t

niastrr at

New

to IHM). In 1K;U he wa-< to the legiMlatnre as a whif^. and rr IM:{(i MS to. ill He was <»n(> of tin-

I'Ifctcil

cliiir.l

wliig prcsidfiit iai . tor IliinoiM in IS^O. lie Vftifi adinitti d to tin- bar in 1830. and coinnifnct'd tin- inattitH- of law at

Springfield in 1837. I p to tnis tiim- lio bad never tfeen the inside of a college or ncad-

He married Miss Mary Tothl, Xov. He wa« elected a repn-sentntive

1842.

r«nij;rt".H

18415,

ill

ami

dfclint'd (o be a

4,

to

<aii-

didnte for re-election in 1848. May 10, 18110, I he repiil»Iic«n national convention met at bi(ii;;o to noniinatc ciiiHlidalo for president and vice-president of (he L'nited States, ••.av 18 the hallotinfir eommeneed. On the lir«.t ballot Willinni Hoiiry Sewanl received 173 votes; Aliruhuai Lincoln, 102: Simon ramermi. 50; flalmon Portland Chase, 40; KdwjU'l Hiife-, l'^; William L. Dayton. 14: lobn MfF.ean, IJ seuttering. Hi. On tbe seeond ballot Seward recei%'e: Davton. (



10: McLean. S: seatterinj.'. 4. Tln' third ballot was as follows: Lincoln. 231; SewMid. 180: (Miasc. .,'4: P.ates. scattoring. Bi'fore the result was announeetl four 7.

Ohio deh»gates re«(n

ISJil. for 7r,.n(m: the call of Mav. IStU. for tbe call of .lulv, IHUI, for .">00,(inO; ibe ctll of .Tnlv. 18A2. for 300.000: the call <tf ISCi. for 300.01)0: the call of Aiiirnst .llllie. 1st;.!. f«ir lOO.O(M); the e;ill of Octolwr.

.<52.7tS:

IStJM.

for

3(»0.0n(l;

till

i-all

of

The

i of troops called for WA,-i 2,U42.total number obtained was 2.iiOO.lSt54-»5."» the expeii lit n res of tbe

total itninlM

was over

I'ibriiarv.

IStit. for JDO.nOd: the e.ill of Iareb. l.mil. for 200.000: the call of .April, ISt54. for H;",,

tWO; the call of July, lR64.*for 500.000; the

.«2.74!».0.000.

hcst siH'ech that ever fell from liuniun delivered hy Abraham Lincoln on Ihr battleliebl of Cettysbui);. NoV. 19, 18(13. 'J'he

was

We

j^ive

it

as follow.s:

in full,

"Kourscoie and seven years ago our lathers brought forth upon tliis continent a new nation, coti(>eivi>d in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are .ow we are in;:a^'ii| in a created e<|iial. ^'reat civil war, tenting whether thai nulion. or any nation so conceived and so dedieate

i'Miy.

535 .300,(»00.

for

ua'r

M-li0l),00U per day. 11ie national debt at the close of the

is

Mncon

and wiiH lM>att>n. Sabin from ISXt

emlH

.

altt'nil-

year,

1^

I).

county,

about one which vviut all thi> M-hooling he ever 1830 the liai. In family removal to

»tl

of

call

tbis {ironinl.

who

dea<l.

Tlu' brave

striij;;»led

men.

here have

c<niseciated it far alnive our power to add nr detraet. The world will little not* nor long reinemlMT. what we say here, but it can Tt is for never forgi't what they did here. lis. the living, rather to be dedicated liere to.

toe unfinished work which they who fought here hnve thus fnr so nobly advanced. Tt is rather for iis to lie leif dedicated to tin' great task remaining liefore us. tluit from Ihese honored dead we take inerensed devotion to tbat cause fnr wliicb tbev gavr (he last full ineaMure of devotion: that we here hiehly resolve that these dead shall not bn<' (Ii4fl in vain; that tliis nation, under sliall have a new birtb of fnHfhJin, ami tbat the {rovenmieiit of the peo|dc. hy Ihe people, ami for <he people, shall not periah

<.'od.

from the earth." •Tune 8, 1864, the national republican oonvenlion met at Raltimore. and re nominated President Lincoln, with Andrew .lolmson

They were inaugurated

for vici'-president.

March

I.

Ford's

thealer.

He

ISt!.";.

at

Wilkes Hootb. on

end died on tbe JiVe one

w:is

assassinated in bv John fourteenth of Anril.

Wasbimiton. tin-

tifteentb.

jjreat

familv.

Tbe whole nation. mourned his loss.

Lincoln l.cld oflb-" fourteen years. He left plwiit $75,000. lliti complete works are contained in two volumes, eilited by Nic«da and May. Lincoln, Charles Z. lawyer of 103 Sontb sw-in ^t.. .Mbany. N.V.. was born Aug. .i. I84S. ill (raflon. Vt. In IflOii he was apfioinlei)

editiif of

ijocrn Ill's nie-sai;e.

Lincoln, Daniel Francis, idiynieian. author, 4. 1841. in Boston. Mass. Hi. .1 j>l(-^ician of Hn-fon: and the niilbor of

was horn Jan. is

Scluud Hygiene; Klectro-Theiapcutics; and School and Industrial Hy'giene.

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