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Chapter 61 : The National Archives RIVALS IN THE GREAT DEBATES OF 1858 Abraham Lincoln The Library o

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RIVALS IN THE GREAT DEBATES OF 1858

Abraham Lincoln

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The President-elect grows a beard. In response to suggestions by Grace Bedell and others, Lincoln decided to let his whiskers grow. By the time he posed for this photograph in Chicago on November 25, 1860, he had a half beard.

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Lincoln's disguise on his night trip from Harrisburg to Was.h.i.+ngton. To avoid a threatened a.s.sa.s.sination plot, Lincoln made a secret night trip through Baltimore on February 23, 1861, on his way to the national capital for his inauguration. Cartoonists had a field day with his supposed disguise in a Scottish kilt and tarn.

"THE MACLINCOLN HARRISBURG HIGHLAND FLING"

The Lincoln Museum, Fort Wayne, Indiana (#439)

TWO CABINET RIVALS

William H. Seward, Secretary of State

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Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury

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FOUR GENERALS WHO CAUSED LINCOLN PROBLEMS

General Winfield Scott

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General John C. Fremont

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