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May 14, 1841
Lincoln's law partnership with Stephen Logan is announced in the
Sangamo Journal.
President Lincoln approves the establishment of the U.S. Department
of Agriculture.
President Lincoln views the dress parade of the Seventh New York
Regiment in Washington, DC.
"I think Slavery is wrong, morally, and politically. I desire that it should be
no further spread in these United States, and I should not object if it should
gradually terminate in the whole Union."
--Speech at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 17, 1859
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