1860 · [np
by Washburne, E[lihu] B[enjamin]
[np: Published by the Republican Congressional Committee. Price 50 cents per hundred, 1860. 8pp, disbound. Else Very Good.
"This, in subject matter the most meritorious of the campaign lives of 1860, was drawn partly from the Chicago Press and Tribune article, but principally from the author's own intimate knowledge of Lincoln's career" [Wessen]. Washburne was "a warm friend of Lincoln, and a shrewd politician and seasoned political orator," whose speech is "biographical in character, and sold as a campaign document" [Id.]
"The Illinois Congressman-- who had known Lincoln since 1840-- delivered this biographical address only two weeks (truncated)
"This, in subject matter the most meritorious of the campaign lives of 1860, was drawn partly from the Chicago Press and Tribune article, but principally from the author's own intimate knowledge of Lincoln's career" [Wessen]. Washburne was "a warm friend of Lincoln, and a shrewd politician and seasoned political orator," whose speech is "biographical in character, and sold as a campaign document" [Id.]
"The Illinois Congressman-- who had known Lincoln since 1840-- delivered this biographical address only two weeks (truncated)
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