Life and public services of Abraham Lincoln ; sixteenth president of the United States ; and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States : with a full history of his life ; his career as a lawyer and politician ; his services in Congress ; with a full account of his speeches, proclamations, acts, and services as president of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, up to the present time

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President Lincoln's Life and Public Services.

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McCLEIiliAW'S LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS. — THE LIFE, CAM- PAIGNS, HEPORTS, BATTLES, AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE B. McCLELLAN, the HERO OF WEST- ERN VIRGINIA! SOUTH MOUNTAIN ! and ANTIETAM, with a full history of all his Carapaigna and Battles, as well as his REPORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE "WAR DEPARTMENT AND THE PRESIDENT, in relation to them, from the time he first took the field in this war, until he was finally relioTed from command, after the Battle of Antietam, with his various Speeches to Soldiers, etc., all brought up to the present time. With his Portrait. Complete in one large volume of 200 pages. Price 50 cents in paper, or Seventy-five cents in cloth. Agents supplied with the Fifty cent edition at $.3.60 a dozen, or $25.00 a hundred; or vith the cloth edition at $6.00 a dozen, or Forty-five Dollars a hundred.

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GENERAL GRANT'S LIFE AND SERVICES.— THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL GRANT ; The Hero of " Fort Donelson," "Vicksbnrg," and "Chattanooga," Commander of the Military Division of the Mississippi, and captor of 472 cannon and 90,000 Rebel Prisoners. With his Portrait. Price 25 cents. Agents supplied at $1.75 a dozen, or $12.50 a hundred.

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GENERAL BUTLER'S LIFE.— THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SER- VICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, the Hero of "New Orleans," Commander of the Military Department of Virginia and North Carolina ; also Commissioner for the Exchange of Prisoners. With his Portrait. Price 25 cents. Agents supplied at $1.75 a dozen, or $12.50 a hundred.

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GENERAL MEADE'S LIFE.— THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF MAJOR-GENERAL GEORGE G. MEADE, the Hero of "Gettysburg," and Commander of the Army of the Potomac. With his Portrait. Price 25 cents. Agents supplied at $1.75 a dozen, or $12.50 a hundred.

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LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES

OF

ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

SIXTEEKTH

I* PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES;

AND

COMMANDEE-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES.

"With a full history of his Life; his career as a Lawyer and Politician; his services in Congress; with a full account of his Speeches, Proclamations, Acts, and services as President of the United States, and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, up to the present time.

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