Life of Abraham Lincoln - being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln (1896) (14772764542)

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Title: Life of Abraham Lincoln : being a biography of his life from his birth to his assassination ; also a record of his ancestors, and a collection of anecdotes attributed to Lincoln
Year: 1896 (1890s)
Authors: Nichols, Clifton M. (Clifton Melvin), 1830-1903 McKinley, William, 1843-1901. Oration on Abraham Lincoln Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Abraham Lincoln Knox, William, 1789-1825. Oh! Why should the spirit of mortal be proud?
Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Presidents
Publisher: New York City Springfield, Ohio Chicago, Ill. : Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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HANNIBAL HAMLIN, OF MAINE. Vice-president with Lincoln the first term. He wasborn 1809, and died 1891. 136 ABRAHAM LIKCOLN. being taken. In a few moments came across the wires the announcement of theresult. The superintendent of the telegraph company, who was present, wroteon a scrap of paper, Mr. Lincoln, you are nominated on the third ballot, anda boy ran with the message to Mr. Lincoln. He looked at it in silence amid theshouts of those around him; then rising and putting it in his pocket, he saidquietly, Theres a little woman down at our house would like to hear this; Illgo down and tell her. Mr. Raymond relates that, Tall Judge Kelly, of Pennsylvania, who was oneof the committee to advise Mr. Lincoln of his nomination, and who is himself agreat many feet high, had meanwhile been eying Mr. Lincolns lofty form with
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AN OVATION FROM NEIGHBORS, AFTER THE NOMINATING CONVENTION. a mixture of admiration and possibly jealousy; this had not escaped Mr. Lin-coln, and as he shook hands with the judge he inquired, What is your height? Six feet three. What is yours, Mr. Lincoln? Six feet four. Then, said the judge, Pennsylvania bows to Illinois. My dear man, foryears my heart has been aching for a president that I could look up to, and Ivefound him at last in the land where we thought there were none but littlegiants. The presidential campaign that followed was the most remarkable that hadbeen conducted in the country since the time that William Henry Harrison was ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 137 the Whig candidate for the presidency in 1840, twenty years before. Theenthusiasm throughout the North was spontaneous and overwhelming. AbrahamLincoln had come to be regarded as the man of all others to represent theprinciples and bear the standard of the new party. The popular demonstrationseverywhere were enthusiastic and d