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Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words [podcast]

Welcome to Abraham Lincoln in His Own Words: An Intimate View of Our Greatest President, based on the exhibition of documents from the Gilder Lehrman Collection on Display at the New-York Historical Society. This online exhibition is narrated by James G. Basker, President of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. It explores Lincoln’s legacy through letters and speeches written in his own hand.
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