Jan. 4—"We wonder how many of our town (Danville) patrons will perform the righteous deed of paying their indebtedness to the Press Office on New Year's Day. Remember, friends, the second year of the ...

In the election of 1860, Abraham Lincoln ran against John C. Breckinridge (Southern Democrat), John Bell (Constitutional Union), and Stephen A. Douglas (Northern Democrat). At this time, there were ...

When President Abraham Lincoln signed the ... that remained loyal to the Union. Yet Lincoln genuinely abhorred slavery. Six years before his election as president, he announced bluntly, “I ...