Today in History: Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech

Today in History: Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech

Today in History–February 27–the Primary Source Nexus features Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union speech, delivered on this date in 1860 at the Cooper Institute in New York City. This lengthy speech is widely believed to have helped Lincoln secure the Republican nomination for the U.S. presidency. Click the links below to access the speech and related…

Doctor Fesler, physician and surgeon has arrived in Washington

Guided Primary Source Analysis: Doctor Fesler has arrived

Reverse Take a close look at the text features and illustrations on both sides of this leaflet. What information do you think the author wanted to highlight? What do you think readers would walk away remembering? Compare and contrast the information provided by the illustrations and bold text with the narrative text on the reverse side of…