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Life Sketch of Abraham Lincoln From Birth to Assassination
The narrative traces Abraham Lincoln from Hardin County Kentucky to his boyhood in Indiana and Illinois, his varied early jobs, legal career, political rise, Lincoln Douglas debates, 1860 election as the 16th President, Civil War leadership, Emancipation Proclamation, 1864 re election, and his assassination at Ford's Theatre on April 14 1865.
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A. Lincoln
Mr. Lincoln
Hardin County
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Lincoln
House of Representatives
Springfield
Ill
Mary Todd
U.S. Congress
U.S
U.S. Senate
Lincoln-Douglas
Chicago
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Ford
Washington, D.C