Calendars of Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2

Calendars of Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2
Author: Charles Wilmer Foster
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2017-10-28
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9781527882089

Excerpt from Calendars of Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2: Consistory Court Wills, 1601-1652 During the last few years the records of the Bishop of Lincoln have been in process of arrangement, and among them a great number. Of testamentary documents have been found and transferred to the District Probate Registry. These, in so far as they relate to the period from 1600 to 1652, have been included in this volume, and have helped to swell the appendix. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2

Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2
Author: Lincoln Wills
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2018-02-09
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780656155767

Excerpt from Lincoln Wills, Vol. 2: Registered in the District Probate Registry at Lincoln; A. D. 1505 to May, 1530 In some cases the masses are to be said at Sea/a Cue/i. Testators seek to secure the prayers of the faithful at the obit, no less than at the funeral, by payments to priests and doles to the poor, and by giving directions that those who come shall be entertained With bread and cheese and beer. Other testators provide for daily masses, and occasionally a chantry is founded, or pilgrimages to the shrines of popular saints are ordered. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Lincoln at Gettysburg

Lincoln at Gettysburg
Author: Garry Wills
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 1439126453

The power of words has rarely been given a more compelling demonstration than in the Gettysburg Address. Lincoln was asked to memorialize the gruesome battle. Instead, he gave the whole nation "a new birth of freedom" in the space of a mere 272 words. His entire life and previous training, and his deep political experience went into this, his revolutionary masterpiece. By examining both the address and Lincoln in their historical moment and cultural frame, Wills breathes new life into words we thought we knew, and reveals much about a president so mythologized but often misunderstood. Wills shows how Lincoln came to change the world and to effect an intellectual revolution, how his words had to and did complete the work of the guns, and how Lincoln wove a spell that has not yet been broken.