Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ustrative of the impact of hisCooper Union speech is the fact thatthe Illinois lawyer immediately was sought by political leaders and pre-vailed upon to address several importantpolitical gatherings in New , according to one Cooper Unionlegend, he received an offer to becomegeneral counsel for the New York Cen-tral Railroad. The accompanying photograph, fromthe Lincoln Life Foundation collection,pictures an I860 presidential campaignbadge which used a photo of Mr. Lin-coln taken in New York by MathewBrady two days before his CooperUnion
Early speeches of Abraham Lincoln, 1830-1860 . ustrative of the impact of hisCooper Union speech is the fact thatthe Illinois lawyer immediately was sought by political leaders and pre-vailed upon to address several importantpolitical gatherings in New , according to one Cooper Unionlegend, he received an offer to becomegeneral counsel for the New York Cen-tral Railroad. The accompanying photograph, fromthe Lincoln Life Foundation collection,pictures an I860 presidential campaignbadge which used a photo of Mr. Lin-coln taken in New York by MathewBrady two days before his CooperUnion address. Recent research on the Cooper UnionAddress has brought to light the previ-ously unknown fact that Abraham Lin-colns train trip to and from New Yorkbrought him to Fort Wayne, station at which he changed trainsstill stands, and is located only twoblocks from Lincoln Lifes Home Oflicebuilding which houses the Lincoln Na-tional Life Foundation and Museumdedicated to preserving and expandingknowledge about our 16th M/. \ Boston GlobeBoston, Mass2 /7/6O .find it* ^as just 100 years ago ow Lincoln I I : 77« /Jr« drama-packetdavs ixactly 100 years aao-in Fcbmary,1860~w1m $rahm Lincoln coheredNew } «* fl„rf #„„ England, put him onthe road toward getting the nominationand winning the election in that crucialyear.
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