Abrahaiam Lincoln His Extraordinary Life and Death
A biographical sketch tracing Abraham Lincoln from birth in Kentucky on February 12 1809 through his rise to national leadership as a Whig and then Republican, his role in ending slavery, and his death in 1865 at Ford's Theatre with reflections on his character, legacy, and public mourning.
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Washington
Lincoln
Hardin County
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Nancy Hanks
Thomas Lincoln
Spencer County
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Sally Johnson
Illinois
Macon County
New Salem
Springfield
Congress
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Supreme Court of the State
United States Circuit
District
Mary Todd
Mary Lincoln
Robert Todd Lincoln
Chicago
Garfield
Cooper Institute
New York
Douglas
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Lincoln Foretold Presidency By Boyhood Presentiments
Biographer Isaac Arnold recounts Lincoln’s lifelong belief in a destined rise to power. He notes dreams and impressions indicating future events, including a reported 1831 fortune teller vision in New Orleans and Lincoln’s early assertion he would become president.
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Isaac Arnold
Lincoln
New Orleans
John Hanks
New Salem
United States
Arnold
Lincoln's Growing Influence Across the Nation
A reflective meditation on Abraham Lincoln’s lasting impact. The piece notes how a young Ohioan wept at Lincoln’s memory and argues Lincoln’s virtue and trust in the people shaped the nation’s character. It cites biographers and presses on the enduring reach of his words and ideals.
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Ohio
Lincoln
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Abe
Republic
New York Journal
Prairies
Washington
Laura Keene Actress at Lincoln Assassination Era
Laura Keene the English actress who played heroine in The American Cousin at Ford s Theatre the night Lincoln was shot was on stage first to Lincoln s side after the blast. She recognized Wilkes Booth on her way across the stage and led a notable dramatic career starting in London s Lyceum Theatre before moving to New York. She produced The American Cousin in America in 1858 and later died in England several years before publication.
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Lincoln
Laura Keene
Ford
Wilkes Booth
Miss Keene
Lyceum Theatre
London
Pauline
Olympic
Wallack
Broadway
Broome Street
New York
Lee
Taylor
Wallack’s
Metropolitan Theatre
Winter Garden
John Trimble
America
England
Eugland
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Ford’s Theatre
Washington
Junius Brutus Booth
Junius Brutus, Jr
Edwin
John Wilkes
Booth
Harford County
Baltimore
South
J. Wilkes Booth
Seward
Johnson
Stanton
Grant
Herold
Maryland
Garrett
Port Royal
Rappahannock
Boston Corbett
David C. Herold
Pavior
Lincoln's Gettysburg Address recalled in 1868 remarks
In autumn 1868 Isaac N. Arnold recalls the Gettysburg national burying ground consecration on November 19 with Edward Everett to deliver the oration. President Lincoln, en route from the White House, wrote a rough draft of the address on foolscap.
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Isaac N. Arnold
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Edward Everett
Massachusetts
Lincoln
White House
Lincoln's Hand Reveals Character and Tenderness
A detailed portrait describes Abraham Lincoln's hand as long and sinewy with marked nails and a model thumb. It portrays his temperament as keen and perceptive, with caution, justice, affection, and fidelity shaping his decisions and writing style.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Venus
Mercury
Mars
Jupiter
Lincoln Gettysburg Address Recited Amid Crowd’s Admiration
The passage describes occasions when Everett’s eloquence moved listeners before Lincoln spoke. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address followed, stirring the vast audience with phrases that would live in memory, while Everett praised the President and admitted he would trade his own work for Lincoln’s shorter lines.
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New England
Lincoln
Thermum
Demosthenes
Marathon
Webster
Bunker Hill
Gettysburg
The Man Who Killed Booth Turns Insane in Kansas House
Boston Corbett, famed as the man who shot J Wilkes Booth, is described as having gone insane in the Kansas House of Representatives. He previously served in the army, was court martialed once, and later became a hat finisher and Methodist. After a period of erratic behavior he was captured disarmed and sent to an asylum. He later adopted the name Boston after his religious conversion and now collects a government pension.
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Young Men's Lyceum
Springfield, Jill
Oregon
Linceln
Hamlet
Springfield
Washington
Richmond
City Point
Shakespeare
Duncan
Edward Dicey
Boston Corbett
J. Wilkes Booth
Topela
T. We
House of Representatives
Booth
Sixteenth
New York Cavalry
Boston
John Wilkes Booth Lincoln Assassin and His Companion
A historical portrait of John Wilkes Booth born 1839 and his ally David Herold, detailing Booths lineage to Junius Booth, his acts in Ford Theater, the Lincoln assassination plan, escape, capture in Maryland, and the subsequent execution of Herold in Maryland.
Fate of Rathbone and Harris in Lincoln assassination box
Gen. Adam Badeau recounts Maj. Rathbone and Miss Clara Harris as the other theatre box occupants on Lincoln’s assassination night. Rathbone, wounded by Booth, later married Harris’s half sister and endured a life shadowed by tragedy culminating in Rathbone killing his wife with knife and pistol, mirroring Booth’s deed.
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Maj. Rathbone
Miss Harris
Lincoln
Lincole
Mas. Rathbone
Mrs. Rathbone
Albany
Clara Harris
Ira Harris
United States
New York
Bone
Booth
Harris
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