Abraham Lincoln, President-elect: The Four Critical Months from Election to Inauguration.E440 2004-025790 0-7864-2026-X Abraham Abraham [according to the Book of Genesis, Heb.,=father of many nations] or Abram (ā`brəm) [Heb.,=exalted father], in the Bible, progenitor of the Hebrews; in the Qur'an, ancestor of the Arabs. Lincoln Lincoln, city and district, England Lincoln, city (1991 pop. 79,980) and district, Lincolnshire, E England, in the Parts of Kesteven, on the Witham River. , president-elect; the four critical months from election to inauguration INAUGURATION. This word was applied by the Romans to the ceremony of dedicating some temple, or raising some man to the priesthood, after the augurs had been consulted. It was afterwards applied to the installation (q.v. . Mansch, Larry D. McFarland & Co., [c]2005 228 p. $45.00 Using newspaper accounts from across America as well as contemporaries' journals and correspondence and other sources, Mansch (an attorney and educator who lives in Montana) focuses on the turbulent months from Lincoln's election to his inauguration. He explores Northern and Southern Americans' reactions to the election as well as the impact of the storm of opinion on the president-elect himself. About a dozen b & w photographs and a couple of maps are scattered Scattered Used for listed equity securities. Unconcentrated buy or sell interest. through the text. |
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