Abraham Lincoln observational astronomy 'Ribbed and Paled in by

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24 [NGC 4565] in Coma Berenices

was for the Dutch aviator Anthony Fokker

Four figures numbered 11a-11b and 12a-12b

Abraham Lincoln observational astronomy 'Ribbed and Paled in byAbraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, 1860. Lincoln (1809 1865) joined the Republican party in 1858 and was elected president two years later. In 1863, he proclaimed the emancipation of all slaves in the southern Confederate states and later that year restated his anti slavery views in the Gettysburg Address. During his 1864 campaign for re election, Lincoln embraced the abolition of slavery. He was infamously shot by actor John Wilkes