Item #17679 Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy. Abraham Lincoln.
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy
Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy

A Complete Printing of Lincoln's Independence Day "Special Session Message" to Congress to Strategize for the Newly-Begun Civil War

Abraham Lincoln July 4, 1861 Speech Calls for 400,000 Troops and $400 Million to Fight Confederacy

Boston, MA: The Boston Weekly Journal, 1861. Very Good. Item #17679

An original 1861 Civil War newspaper with front and back-page detailed coverage of newly inaugurated President Abraham Lincoln's speech before the U.S. Congress asking for 400,00 troops and $400 Million to suppress the Confederate rebellion.

This speech remains one of Lincoln's most important and is known as "The Special Session Message, as it was given during a specially-called session of Congress to react to and plan for the conflict. Lincoln spoke on Independence Day, 1861, Lincoln's first as President, and before the first major battle of the war had been fought at Bull Run later the same month.

This historic four-page newspaper features a complete printing of Lincoln's speech on the back page and features his signature in block type at the end. The attractive front page boasts a detailed headline summation of the speech.

In addition to Lincoln's speech, this July 11, 1861 issue is chock full of war-related news, including a front-page headline report on the capture of the Slave Ship 'Nightingale', and reports from the Union and Confederate states.

#1S-011.

Price: $125.00

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