A portrait of Abraham Lincoln on 27 February 1860, taken only a few hours before his famous Cooper Union speech in Manhattan; three months later, he would be nominated as the Republican candidate for president. Photo by Mathew Benjamin Brady, 1860.
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Brady, M. (2026, September 07). Abraham Lincoln, February 1860. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/22095/abraham-lincoln-february-1860/
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