The Long Hangover of the Roaring Eighties
By TOM DEIGNAN
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“New York Divided,” the exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, makes clear that New Yorkers did not care for Abraham Lincoln any more than they care for George W. Bush. Yet New York was central to Lincoln’s career, as Harold Holzer demonstrated in his book “Lincoln at Cooper Union” (2004). On February 27, 1860, Lincoln appeared at Cooper Union as part of a series of speeches by presidential hopefuls — among whom Lincoln was not a front-runner — from the young Republican Party.
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|“New York Divided,” the exhibition at the New-York Historical Society, makes clear that New Yorkers did not care for Abraham Lincoln any more than they care for George W. Bush. Yet New York was central to Lincoln’s career, as Harold Holzer demonstrated in his book “Lincoln at Cooper Union” (2004). On February 27, 1860, Lincoln appeared at Cooper Union as part of a series of speeches by presidential hopefuls — among whom Lincoln was not a front-runner — from the young Republican Party.
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