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Lincoln's first speech in NY letter from Robert McLeod Jackson Nov 10, 1934Entry/Object ID
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ROBERT MCLEOD JACKSON
COUNSELLOR AT LAW
TRINITY BUILDING, 111 BROADWAY
NEW YORK
TELEPHONE 7210 CORTLANDT
11/10/34.
Re Lincoln’s first speech in
New York
Cousin Rachel, said she heard Dr. Lyman Abbott tell of having gone to Cooper Union when he was quite a
young man. There Lincoln made an address on the preservation of the Union — The Republicans of the City
who had been well impressed by Lincoln’s speeches which they had read had invited him to come to
speak in New York. When he came upon the stage, long, lanky, clothes loose, they were horror struck, their
hearts went down to their boots. He had not spoken more than a few words, however, when he had the attention of all.
He was filled with such enthusiasm for the Union that he spoke as one inspired, it seemed as tho’ a halo
surrounded his head — and he held lthe audience spellbound —Relationships
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