"WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL, WITH FIRMNESS IN THE RIGHT, AS GOD GIVES US TO SEE THE RIGHT, LET US STRIVE ON TO FINISH THE WORK WE ARE IN

ALINCOLN.

SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

CONTAINING

HIS EARLY HISTORY AND POLITICAL CAREER; TOGETHER
WITH THE SPEECHES, MESSAGES, PROCLAMATIONS AND
OTHER OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF

HIS EVENTFUL ADMINISTRATION.

BY FRANK CROSBY,

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MEMBER OF THE PHILADELPHIA BAR.

"LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT BE THY COUNTRY'S,
THY GOD'S AND TRUTH'S; THEN IF THOU FALL'ST
THOU FALL'ST A BLESSED MARTYR."

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY JOHN E. POTTER,
No. 617 SANSOM STREET.

270.17

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1865, by

JOHN E. POTTER.

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States, in and for the Eastern

District of Pennsylvania.

Pyel 1866.

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DEDICATED

TO THE GOOD AND TRUE

OF THE NATION,

REDEEMED-REGENERATED-DISENTHRALLED.