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<dl><dd>"Relating life stories of men and events that have entered into the building of the western continent; original researches into authoritative sources; American, British and European archives; private journals, diaries and hitherto unpublished documents; fugitive papers; reminiscences and memoirs; folklore and traditions; reproductions from rare prints and works of art."</dd>
<dd>Plates accompanied by guard sheets</dd>
<dd>Color reproductions affixed to leaves with descriptive letterpress</dd>
<dd>"On this centenary of Lincoln this book is dedicated to the United States."</dd>
<dd>America's tribute to humanitarians -- Manuscript of the autobiography of Lincoln -- Triumph of American character: true significance of the centenaries of Lincoln and Davies / Francis Trevelyan Miller -- Centenary tribute of Loyal Smith -- Lincoln centenary portrait gallery: men and events in life of Lincoln -- Historic collections in America / Edward Bailey Eaton -- America: guardian of world peace / Victor Hugo Duras -- American mothers of strong men / Katherine Prescott Bennett -- General Washington's order book in the American Revolution / Ellen Fellows Bown -- First letter written in America / A.M. Fernandez De Ybarra -- Chronicle of a Southern gentleman life in the Old South / Louisa Coleman Blair -- Centenary of a hymnist to Liberty: General Albert Pike -- Sir Charles Hobby: early Knight and American merchant adventurer / Rollin Germain Hubby -- First overland route to the Pacific / Hon. Zoeth S. Eldredge -- Log of an American Marine in 1762 on a British fighting ship / William Starr Myers -- Centenary of an American litterateur: Edgar Allan Poe -- Experiences of American minister from his manuscript in 1748 / Edith March Howe -- Centenary of an American of letters: Oliver Wendell Holmes -- Museum of American Antiquarian -- Ancestral homesteads in America -- Antique furniture in America -- Gallery of the American Art Connoisseur -- The inauguration of genealogy as the science of heredity -- Impressions of the American public</dd>
<dd>Book, flexible paper wrappers; title page has coloration</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Americana; Antiques</div>
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Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959</div>
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