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Works in French and English
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Multilingual works
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Words
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Abraham Lincoln

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Photorealistic editorial illustration of Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual Documents in the Prokopton42.com Library Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual DocumentsCorrespondents and archival record

Work

Abraham Lincoln Papers: Incoming and Contextual Documents

Incoming letters, petitions, and administrative records preserve the voices of people who petitioned, informed, or challenged Lincoln. The archive reveals the pressures of a wartime presidency without attributing his correspondents’ words to the president.

What you will learn
Composition
1833-1916
Editions / translations
2026
Languages
English · French
Extent
19,210 passages · 7,989,852 words
Photorealistic editorial illustration of Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored Documents in the Prokopton42.com Library Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored DocumentsAbraham Lincoln

Work

Abraham Lincoln Papers: Lincoln-Authored Documents

Letters, speeches, proclamations, and notes follow Lincoln from Illinois politics through the Civil War. They show his language of Union, slavery, emancipation, executive power, and reconciliation taking shape under pressure.

What you will learn
Composition
1833-1865
Editions / translations
Dates to be documented
Languages
English · French
Extent
982 passages · 326,103 words

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