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Full page print of a beardless Lincoln, before his election...
Full page print of a beardless Lincoln, before his election...
Item # 698184
October 20, 1860
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 20, 1860 Certainly the prime feature is the full page print captioned: "Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. The Presidential Candidate For the Republican Party" which is almost a full-figure illustration of him, beardless. Such a print is rarely found as issues of "Leslie's" are considerably more rare than "Harper's Weekly".
Two pages previous is an article taking over half a column: "Abraham Lincoln" which begins: "The Republican candidate for the Presidency is one of a class which belongs especially to our Republic. No other nation...can boast of men who, by the mere force of individual hardihood and merit, rise through all the gradations of toil to the highest offices in the State..." with much more on his character, his life, and political career.
For many readers this was their first introduction to the man who would guide the nation through the coming Civil War.
Sixteen pages, scattered foxing os mostly at the margins, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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