By 1866, 15,000 claims were filed. Through government contracting and the expansion of state activity, such as the approval of a transcontinental railway and the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862 to ...

Major Acts In practical terms, the achievements of Abraham Lincoln are mammoth, yet simple to describe ... he laid the foundations of the modern state. Legacy Lincoln’s legacy is based on his ...

Considered one of the nation's greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln remains a ... the most enduringly elegant phrases of modern rhetoric, Lincoln's surprising election in 1860 helped spark the ...

This, no doubt, is true of any really great statesman, but it was remarkably so of Abraham Lincoln. As a tree may be known by its fruits, so may his growing strength, his ripening sagacity and ...

It was founded in 1917 and named after Abraham Lincoln; five years later ... made more horsepower than any other front-wheel drive in modern memory, it's almost as though they forgot to tell ...

Lincoln had struggled to heal the wounds of war, yet he became one of its last victims, and the war left the country no less divided. Abraham Lincoln grew up on the American frontier. Born in a ...

Thus begins Edgar DeWitt Jones’ book "Lincoln and the Preachers" (1948). During the period of 1849 to 1860 Abraham Lincoln spent more time in Bloomington than any other place, except his home in ...