The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, Extra Number No. 61

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Excerpt from The Magazine of History With Notes and Queries, Extra Number No. 61: Rare Lincolniana No. 13, Comprising "a Time to Weep" Sermon, 1865, Recollections of President Lincoln, 1914, Abraham Lincoln an Essay, 1879LL the Lincoln items herewith given are scarce, (even the speech by Mr. Hazleton, though printed only two years ago) the Workingman's Ideas of Conscription' especially so, as it was published as a broadside, and the paper in which it origin ally appeared is almost unknown, and the address by Dr.' Parker, of Lowell, has never appeared before, except. In the newspaper which reported it.Mr. Hazleton's speech is especially interesting, as he was pre sent during the sessions Of the famous Convention of 1 860, which nominated Mr. Lincoln. Few, if any, others of that memorable occasion can be living now, and it is fortunate for history that such a full, animated and accurate story of the event has been given permanent form.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.