A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - Volume 6, part 1: Abraham Lincoln

The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Lincoln, by Compiled by James D. Richardson This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: Lincoln Section 1 (of 2) of Volume 6: Abraham Lincoln Author: Compiled by James D. Richardson Release Date: May 28, 2004 [EBook #12462] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PAPERS OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. A COMPILATION OF THE MESSAGES AND PAPERS OF THE PRESIDENTS BY JAMES D. RICHARDSON A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE VOLUME VI PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF CONGRESS 1902 Prefatory Note The Presidential papers during the period from March 4, 1861, to March 4, 1869, are contained in this volume. No other period of American history since the Revolution comprises so many events of surpassing importance. The Administrations of Presidents Lincoln, and Johnson represent two distinct epochs.