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President-Elect Abraham Lincoln...
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November 17, 1860
NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 17, 1860
* President elect Abraham Lincoln
* Southern secession & tensions
Page 4 has some ominous reports concerning the troubles in the South which would soon lead to the Civil War, some first column heads including: "THE CRISIS AT THE SOUTH" "The Condition of Affairs in the Border & Cotton Slave States" "The Baptist State Convention in Favor of Secession" "The Retaliatory Measures of Georgia" "Will Gen. Scott be Sent to Allay the Secession Excitement?" and more
Page 7 has a report taking one-third of a column headed: "Interesting From Illinois" with subheads: "Great Rush of Visitors to the President Elect--Applications for Office--The Portrait of Mr. Lincoln".
Eight pages, minor browning at folds, generally nice condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War