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Denouement: The Final Vacillation?

Wrapping It Up With The Old Public Functionary The Procession to the Inauguration 150 years ago today the Lincoln administration was taking over in Washington, D.C. Here’s a bit more about outgoing President James Buchanan from The New-York Times March … Continue reading

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Extra! Extra! Lincoln’s Inaugural Address!

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861. Here’s an article from the March 5, 1861 issue of The New-York Times describing how modern technology was used to report the words of Lincoln’s Inaugural address (The New York Times Archive): … Continue reading

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