November 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States, led our nation through its greatest crisis, the Civil War. He helped end slavery and helped reunite our country.

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David Davis, an Illinois judge and close friend of the Lincoln family, said this about Honest Abe: “From the humblest poverty, without education, or the means of attaining it; unaided by wealth or influential family connections, he rose, solely, by the strength of his intellect and the force of his character, to the highest position in the world.” This five-star site is a compendium of Lincoln letters, speeches, virtual tours, news items, art gallery, and links to hundreds of Lincoln resources.

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