Brief news item about the memorial address delivered by George Bancroft on Abraham Lincoln's birthday in 1866.
The address, delivered on February 12, discussed the late president's plans for the suffrage of African Americans: "...Mr. Lincoln's wish made only three days before his death, that the elective franchise should only be conferred on very intelligent colored men and those that had serv...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/6657 |