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	Mackubin Thomas Owens on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America on National Review Online
		Lincoln concluded that he did not have the time to pursue his preferred legislative strategy in the border states, and that therefore something stronger and more precipitous was now needed to win the war.
		The fact that the Prize Cases, which essentially affirmed the legality of the Union's conduct of the war, were decided by a vote of only 5—4 in the midst of the war seems to confirm the wisdom of Lincoln's desire to keep emancipation out of the courts.
		Lincoln may not have had the power on January 1, 1863, to free every slave in the Confederacy, but he had the authority to do so, and in law the authority is as good as the power.
	www.nationalreview.com /books/owens200403251139.asp (1378 words)

	Abraham Lincoln - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Lincoln was also the president who declared Thanksgiving as a national holiday, established the U.S. Department of Agriculture (though not as a Cabinet-level department), revived national banking and banks, and admitted West Virginia and Nevada as states.
		Lincoln produced a Farmer's Almanac to show that the moon on that date was at a low angle and could not have produced enough illumination for the witness to see anything clearly.
		Lincoln had a star-crossed record as a military leader, possessing a keen understanding of strategic points (such as the Mississippi River and the fortress city of Vicksburg) and the importance of defeating the enemy's army, rather than simply capturing cities.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Abraham_Lincoln (6428 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Present The Lincoln Leadership Prize
		The Lincoln Leadership Prize recognizes those singular individuals who accept the responsibilities imposed by history and demanded by conscience.
		The Lincoln Leadership Award was established to recognize exceptional men and women for a lifetime of service in the Lincoln tradition, marked by great strength of character, individual conscience, and an unwavering commitment to the defining principles of democracy.
		Lincoln's excessive hand-shaking made it painful to make a fist and the broom handle made the task of casting his right hand much easier.
	www.alplm.org /events/lincoln_leadership.html (324 words)

	Lewis E. Lehrman: Biography
		The purpose of the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute and of the Lincoln Prize is to encourage the study of Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War Soldier and subjects relating to their era of American history, which helped shape the United States and the world.
		The Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College is awarded annually by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, or the American Civil War soldier, or a related subject The Prize generally goes to a book but in rare instances an important article or essay might be honored.
		The Prize is supervised and awarded by the five trustees of the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute, who appoint a jury of three historians or qualified specialists.
	www.lewiselehrman.com /links/LSI.html (153 words)

	The enduring significance of the Emancipation Proclamation
		Lincoln’s proclamation, which took effect January 1, 1863, in the midst of the American Civil War, imparted to the conflict, which until then had been waged as a struggle to preserve the union, a social revolutionary character.
		Lincoln was taken aback by the intransigence of the border states.
		Lincoln made it clear to his cabinet that he had determined to issue the proclamation with or without their consent.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/jun2004/linc-j02.shtml (3776 words)

	Inventor Anraham Lincoln Biography
		Abraham Lincoln had a strong interest in new technology and is the only U.S. President to hold a patent.
		Cawardine's Lincoln Prize–winning study is not only analytical and smart, it's also delightfully readable—and it will surely emerge as one of the most important Lincoln books to be published this decade.
		Lincoln whittled the model for his patent application with his own hands.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/lincoln.htm (485 words)

	AAASS W. Bruce Lincoln Prize
		The W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize, sponsored by Mary Lincoln, is awarded biennially (in even numbered years) for an author’s first published monograph or scholarly synthesis that is of exceptional merit and lasting significance for the understanding of Russia’s past.
		The prize was established in 2004 in memory of W. Bruce Lincoln, a Russian historian and a widely-read author.
		The 2006 W. Bruce Lincoln Book Prize was awarded to Douglas Northrop, Associate Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Michigan for Veiled Empire: Gender and Power in Stalinist Central Asia, published by Cornell University Press (2004).
	www.fas.harvard.edu /~aaass/prizes/lincolnprize.html (345 words)

	The Claremont Institute: The Lincoln Bedroom: A Critical Symposium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Allen C. Guelzo is the Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era at Gettysburg College, and the winner of the Lincoln Prize in 2000 for Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President and in 2005 for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America.
		Lincoln's marvelous resiliency, humility, and charity were lessons he learned from experiencing the intolerance of a homophobic culture.
		Lincoln's law partner William Herndon alleged that from 1837 to 1842, Lincoln and Joshua Speed, "a lady's man," were "quite familiar—to go no further[—]with the women." On at least one occasion Lincoln shared Speed's taste in fancy women—in fact, the very same woman.
	www.claremont.org /writings/crb/summer2005/symposium.html (2908 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum Dedication Scholarly Conference Schedule (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for biography, Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War (1961) and Look Homeward: A Life of Thomas Wolfe (1988), Donald is author of the acclaimed Lincoln (1995), considered the definitive one volume biography for our time and winner of the Lincoln Prize.
		His most recent book, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation: The End of Slavery in America (2004) is an eloquent treatment of the immense difficulties faced by Lincoln and his allies in advancing emancipation.
		His dissertation, "Lincoln's Religious Rhetoric: American Romanticism and the Antislavery Impulse," won the 2001 Hay-Nicolay Dissertation Prize and was published under a new title, Lincoln, Religion, and Romantic Cultural Politics (2003).
	www.alincoln-library.com /dedication/bios.html (1652 words)

	Press Release - University of Illinois at Springfield (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Boritt is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Lincoln Prize, the $50,000 annual award for the finest work on the Civil War era.
		Each year, UIS’ Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series brings nationally renowned scholars to Springfield to present lectures on public policy issues that are of contemporary interest and that also engaged Abraham Lincoln and the citizens of his era.
		He is the winner of the Barondess Lincoln award and the Lincoln Prize and is the author of four books dealing with Constitutional history and 19th century U.S. social, intellectual, and political history.
	www.uis.edu /pressreleases/oct05PR/10_06_05.html (712 words)

	Harvard University Press/Lincoln's Last Months
		Lincoln Prize winner William C. Harris turns to the last months of Abraham Lincoln's life in an attempt to penetrate this central figure of the Civil War, and arguably America's greatest president.
		After four years at the helm, Lincoln was struggling to save his presidency in an election that he almost lost because of military stalemate and his commitment to restore the Union without slavery.
		Lincoln's victory in the election not only ensured the success of his agenda but led to his transformation from a cautious, often hesitant president into a distinguished statesman.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/HARLIN.html (270 words)

	Books With Fresh Perspectives on Lincoln, Slavery Share Prize (Washington Post)
		Numerous biographers tried to twist Lincoln into what the public wanted in the martyred president, "a true Christian." They suggested that he was a closet Christian, who secretly attended prayer meetings, that he had been secretly baptized or had been converted after the death of his son Willie or after Gettysburg.
		The Lincoln Prize was founded and endowed by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, businessmen with a long-standing interest in Lincoln and the Civil War.
		The Lincoln Prize is administered by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute of Gettysburg, under the chairmanship of Gettysburg College professor Gabor S. Boritt.
	www.jessejacksonjr.org /issues/i021200888.html (918 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Prize-Winning Books Take Fresh Look at Much-Studied Lincoln
		The Lincoln Prize was co-founded and endowed by businessmen and philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, principals of the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History in New York.
		Lincoln was invited by a young men's Republican club to speak, and he showed up in his best fl suit, which was too short in the sleeves and wrinkled.
		Lincoln had done the research and was convincing and authoritative.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A41080-2005Mar16?language=printer (794 words)

	SJ-R.COM - Goodwin awarded 2006 Lincoln Prize
		The Lincoln Prize is given annually for the best writing in American history, with an emphasis on Lincoln and the Civil War.
		Still a best-seller, the book is a scholarly yet accessible narrative-driven account of Lincoln's ability to hold on to his authority despite a Cabinet that resented his presidency and, at times, plotted to undermine it.
		Originally, she was to be interviewed by Richard Norton Smith, director of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
	showcase.netins.net /web/creative/lincoln/news/doris.htm (319 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Institute Who We Are
		Winner of the Abraham Lincoln Association Prize (1996); recipient of the Lincoln Diploma of Honor from Lincoln Memorial University (1998), and Honorable Mention for the Lincoln Prize presented by Gettsyburg College (2001).
		He serves on the Boards of both the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Abraham Lincoln Institute, is treasurer of the Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia, and is a member or supporter of numerous other local and national groups concerned with the legacy of Abraham Lincoln.
		Lincoln before Washington: New Perspectives on the Illinois Years (University of Illinois Press, 1997); Herndon’s Informants: Letters and Interviews about Abraham Lincoln (edited with Rodney O. Davis, University of Illinois Press, 1998); and Honor’s Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln (Alfred A. Knopf, 1998), which was awarded the Lincoln Prize for 1999.
	www.lincoln-institute.org /whoweare.html (4039 words)

	Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Guelzo carefully reconstructs Lincoln's path to the proclamation, beginning with a proposal to compensate slave owners in the border states for releasing their slaves and sending willing slaves overseas to create their own homeland.
		Lincoln was invited by a young men's Republican club to speak, and he showed up in his best fl suit, which was too short in the sleeves and wrinkled.
		Lincoln had done the research and was convincing and authoritative.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050313/DAYBREAK/50313017 (764 words)

	Amazon.com: Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words: Books: Douglas L. Wilson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lincoln has become one of those tests where someone can tell you their thoughts about him and you can often tell where they are on any number of issues.
		Reading what Lincoln actually wrote and said is quite edifying because one learns first hand what he said and did rather than being the prisoner of what others selectively provide you to promote their own agenda.
		Lincoln knew when his writing should be formal or folksy, terse or expansive, tacit or explicit, congenial or hortatory.
	www.amazon.com /Lincolns-Sword-Presidency-Power-Words/dp/1400040396 (2106 words)

	April 19, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lincoln Prize is considered the nation’s most prestigious Civil War award but woe be to any historian or writer who strays off the “politically correct” reservation when it comes to Lincoln scholarship.
		Lincoln is critically viewed as a constitutional violator who launched an illegal war against the Southern states who sought only the legal right of peaceful secession.
		Lincoln’s heavy-handed actions caused states such as Virginia to leap from the pro-Union side to the secessionist side overnight, thus making a preventable war a certainty.
	www.scv.org /press/tredegar.htm (614 words)

	Lincoln: Focus on the real foe - Los Angeles Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lincoln not only imposed the military tribunals that Bush dreams about, he once allowed troops to shut down an unfriendly New York newspaper and imprison its editor.
		Lincoln visited the troops often, absorbing their pain and boosting their morale.
		Even the pious Lincoln came to realize it was fruitless, even sacrilegious, to invoke God as his ally.
	www.latimes.com /news/opinion/la-oe-holzer29dec29,0,4518596.story?coll=la-opinion-center (632 words)

	Knox Scholar Wins Lincoln Prize - Knox College News
		Douglas L. Wilson, co-director of the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College, has been awarded, for the second time, the Lincoln Prize, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of American history.
		A renowned Lincoln scholar and long-time member of the Knox faculty, Wilson received the prize for his most recent book, "Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words," published in November 2006.
		The Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College awards the prize annually for "the year's best book on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War." The prize includes a $50,000 cash award.
	www.knox.edu /x15221.xml (614 words)

	Interview with Richard J. Carwardine: About Lincoln
		The pre-war Lincoln who was adept at political management and who brilliantly positioned himself for the Republican nomination in 1860, and the wartime president who strove to sustain patriotism and mobilize it through his party, the army, and the religious-humanitarian agencies, does not easily square with the picture of a president passively controlled by events.
		To the extent that I was concerned with Lincoln’s political milieu, the political culture in which he operated, and the public opinion on which his political course depended, then it is certainly true that I came with some prior understandings.
		Lincoln’s understanding of the uses and burdens of power was not founded on a conventional Christian faith.
	hnn.us /articles/5650.html (2031 words)

	The Mythical Lincoln
		This would be a surprise to the preeminent Lincoln scholar, Pulitzer prize-winning Lincoln biographer David Donald, who in his 1961 book, Lincoln Reconsidered, wrote that "Lincoln was not an abolitionist." And he wasn’t.
		When Lincoln first entered state politics in 1832 he announced that he was doing so for three reasons: To help enact the Whig Party agenda of protectionist tariffs, corporate welfare subsidies for railroad and canal-building corporations ("internal improvements"), and a government monopolization of the nation’s money supply.
		Another Lincoln myth was that he "saved the Constitution." But this claim is an outrage considering that Lincoln acted like a dictator for the duration of his administration and showed nothing but bitter contempt for the Constitution.
	www.lewrockwell.com /dilorenzo/dilorenzo12.html (1090 words)

	Amazon.com: "Read the Lincoln Prize Winners" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on the era of the American Civil War.
		Between 1831 and 1842, Abraham Lincoln was transformed from an impoverished, unsuccessful young man of 22 into a highly regarded attorney and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, while developing the self-esteem, kindness, and political shrewdness that would make him America's most beloved president.
		Donald's Lincoln emerges as ambitious, often defeated, tormented by his married life, but with a remarkable capacity for growth and the nation's greatest president.
	www.amazon.com /gp/richpub/syltguides/fullview/108W4DG6Z5HNO (1230 words)

	BOOK TV.ORG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lincoln Prize is awarded annually for the finest scholarly work in English on President Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War, or any subject related to their era.
		Author Bio: The Lincoln Prize is presented annually by Gettysburg College, and endowed by philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman of the Gilder Lehrman Institute.
		It is given to recognize the work of scholars with a focus on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War, and other subjects related to this period in history.
	www.booktv.org /General/index.asp?segID=4511&schedID=265 (119 words)

	Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission : Meet the Commission: Louise Taper
		The collection covers nearly every phase of Lincoln’s life from his earliest known manuscript, the first page of his “sum book”, through the blood-stained gloves and handkerchief that he had with him at Ford’s Theatre on the night of his assassination.
		She served as historical consultant for the television mini-series “Sandburg’s Lincoln,” which starred Hal Holbrook and was produced by David Wolper.
		Taper serves on the boards of the Abraham Lincoln Association, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation, the Lincoln Forum, the Lincoln Legal Papers, and the Lincoln Prize at Gettysburg College.
	www.lincolnbicentennial.gov /commission/meet/taper.php (306 words)

	2005 Lincoln Prize Announced (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The $50,000 Lincoln Prize was co-founded and endowed by business leaders and philanthropists Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman, the principals of the Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History in New York.
		The three-member Lincoln Prize jury-Professor Melinda Lawson of Union College; Professor Brian Holden Reid of the Department of War Studies at King's College of London; and Professor Peter Kolchin of the University of Delaware-considered 91 submissions for the 2004 award (before recommending its choices to the Lincoln Prize board, which makes the final decision).
		The Lincoln Prize dinner, sponsored by the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute at Gettysburg College, will be preceded by a reception hosted by the University of Virginia, and followed the next morning, April 22, by a special historians' conference sponsored by the Tredegar Foundation and the Lincoln and Soldiers Institute.
	www.gettysburg.edu /academics/cwi/lincoln_prize (1682 words)

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