Abraham Lincoln and religion. Edward Baker's "spirit" message (1861)
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onkling in his rare publication The EmancipationProclamation, How and By Whom, It Was Given toAbraham Lincoln in 1861. The only original copy of thisthirty-one page pamphlet is to be found in the BrownUniversity Library. Colonel Kase is said to have visited Washington, D. C.in the early months of… … From the Lincoln National Life Foundation COLONEL EDWARD D. BAKERBaker was an Englishman who settled with his family in Belleville.Illinois. He served in the Black Hawk war as a private and movedto Springfield, Illinois in 18:55 to practice law. He fousrht in theMexican War. became a…
