Addresses on the Consideration of Resolutions Relative to the Death of Abraham Lincoln

by U.S. House of Representatives

Title: Addresses on the consideration of resolutions relative to the death of Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, delivered in the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, 1/23/ 1866: together with the last inaugural address of President Lincoln. Author: Abraham Lincoln Publisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500-1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials & other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery & exploration, pioneering & westward expansion, the US Civil War & other military actions, Native Americans, slavery & abolition, religious history etc. Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of N. America in the late 15th century to the 1st decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central & South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions & momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature etc. Now for the 1st time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars & readers. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: Source Library: Huntington Library DocumentID: SABCP02576900 Collection ID: CTRG98-B1676 Publication Date: 18660101 Source BibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Collation: 24 p.; 24 cm

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First published February 22, 2012

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