Sixteenth president-in-waiting : Abraham Lincoln and the Springfield dispatches of Henry Villard, 1860-1861 / edited by Michael Burlingame.

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"The most noteworthy reporting of German-born Henry Villard dates from late 1860 and early 1861, when he was embedded in Springfield, Illinois, after Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency and before his inauguration. Michael Burlingame has organized and annotated all of Villard's dispatches f...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Villard, Henry, 1835-1900 (Author)
Other Authors: Burlingame, Michael, 1941- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
Lincoln, Abraham, > 1809-1865 > Political career before 1861 > Press coverage.
Presidents > Election > 1860 > Press coverage > United States.
Political campaigns > History > 19th century > Press coverage > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1857-1861 > Press coverage.
HISTORY > United States > 19th Century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Presidents & Heads of State.
Physical Description:ix, 407 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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