On their decisive battlefield Lincoln did not distinguish between them when he paid tribute to the `` brave men, living and dead, who fought here ''.

In an effort to keep border states in the Union, President Lincoln as early as 1861 designed gradual compensated emancipation programs paid for by government bonds.

Says Mrs. Shallenberger: " Order being restored, the various delegations paid their respects to Mr. Lincoln and the ladies on horseback, decorated with state badges, rode up.

After Nelson issued a written warning to Rivera to replace the offending figure with an anonymous face, Rivera refused ( after offering to counterbalance Lenin with a portrait of Lincoln ), and so he was paid off and the mural papered over at the instigation of Nelson, who was to become the Center's flamboyant president.

He was paid $ 200 to enroll in the Lincoln Cavalry on September 30 ; he was 17.

Opposition to the Great Northern bill had cost a fortune, a great deal of maintenance was overdue, and the Lincoln and Peterborough lines were still to be paid for.

Lincoln opposed early efforts to recruit black soldiers, although he accepted the Army's using them as paid workers.

The cut timber was floated downstream and sold to the highest bidder, Lincoln Lumber Company, which paid $ 2. 25 per thousand board feet.

A concert performance on 26 October 2007 at the Lincoln Center in New York City paid homage to the 50th anniversary of Sedaka's debut in show business.

Garrett lost the next election for Lincoln County sheriff and was never paid the $ 500 reward for McCarty's capture, since he had killed him.

The 1990 award show at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts drew 1, 800, while only 500 paid for the 1992 show at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, which was hosted by Tony Randall.

The contract is paid for by Lincoln Acres landowners ' property taxes.

For example, Charles Keating paid $ 51 million from Michael Milken's junk bond operation for Lincoln Savings and Loan, which at the time had a negative net worth exceeding $ 100 million.

* Lincoln Electric employees earned paid vacations, among the first in the nation, in 1923.

But you know my relations with Lincoln, and if you do that for me, I can assure you that within six months I shall be a Major-General and you shall have a Brigadier-General ’ s commission and a satisfactory command under me .” Baker wrote to Lincoln on June 11, asking that he be given a command that would “ not make him second to everybody .” His efforts paid off ; on July 31, Lincoln sent the Senate names of men he was recommending for appointments as brigadier generals.

This bill was passed years earlier with the aid of a previous state representative, Abraham Lincoln, and Ford's actions helped turn the economic crisis around, although the debt for the Act would not be paid off until 1882.

The lower court had ruled in 2009 that $ 20 million of life insurance on the life of Jack Teren was issued in violation of California insurable interest law thereby permitting Lincoln to void the policies without having to return $ 1. 6 million of premiums that an investor group had paid.

The decision is a financial blow for Lincoln since it had hoped to confiscate $ 1. 6 million of premium payments that an investor group had paid on two $ 10 million insurance policies on Jack Teren that Lincoln had claimed was void at the outset.

Stephen Baker and Charles Vinicombe also represented Lincoln in Drinker Biddle's unsuccessful attempt to validate Lincoln's practice in New York of suing for rescission of a life insurance policy and seeking to confiscate all premiums paid while at the same time continuing to bill and collect additional premiums during the course of the litigation for the insurance coverage it was disavowing.

On 14 November 1995 his one-time Lincoln City manager Steve Thompson, acting as team manager with Colin Murphy as general manager, paid £ 75, 000 to secure Pollitt's services for Notts County.

Its sole performance was a concert read-through with Joplin at the piano in 1915 at the Lincoln Theater in Harlem, New York, paid for by Joplin.

The town was relatively quiet during the Lincoln County War ( 1877 – 1879 ).

" It was during this campaign that the relatively unknown Lincoln was first mentioned as a possible presidential contender.

* United States Consumer Guide's categorization which sorts luxury vehicles by size acknowledges that there can be considerable price variations within a class ; for instance the Lincoln Town Car has a relatively low MSRP ( Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price ) compared to the Jaguar XJ, BMW 7 Series, Lexus LS, or Mercedes-Benz S-Class.

After a relatively brief siege Lincoln was forced to surrender more than 5, 000 men to Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton on May 12, 1780.

The FE filled the need for a relatively lightweight medium block engine between the small block Ford Y-block and the much heavier big block Lincoln Y-block.

Until relatively recently, the school was housed in the School House, almost opposite the manor along the Lincoln Road.

As an urban sanctuary and preserve, Lincoln Park is highly unusual due to its old growth forest, relatively well conserved natural undergrowth, and ease of access.

Most of these served primarily as a means to generate income, but the Temple Bruer estate on the Lincoln Heath ( a relatively featureless landscape largely free of trees ) was different in that it was particularly suitable for use as a base for the practising of military manoeuvres.

The canyon provides the route of Interstate 80 ( and previously the Lincoln Highway, U. S. Route 40, and a railroad ) up the western slope of the Wasatch Mountains and is a relatively wide, straight canyon other than near its mouth.

The Lincoln Town Car is one of the relatively few production passenger cars that utilize an air suspension system

Lincoln argued that the Founding Fathers had little use for popular sovereignty and had repeatedly sought to restrict slavery.

" In response to an inquiry about his presidential intentions, Lincoln said, " The taste is in my mouth a little.

" The impact attributed to the book is great, reinforced by a story that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the Civil War, Lincoln declared, " So this is the little lady who started this great war.

At that point, however, " demand came to an unexpected halt ... No more copies were produced for many years, and if, as is claimed, Abraham Lincoln greeted Stowe in 1862 as ' the little woman who wrote the book that made this great war ,' the work had effectively been out of print for many years.

According to Stowe's son, when Abraham Lincoln met her in 1862 Lincoln commented, " So this is the little lady who started this great war.

/ A little sun-kissed blonde is comin ' my way / Just beyond the Lincoln Highway / I'm goin ' strong now, it won't be long now / Open up that Golden Gate.

At least one other recent Lincoln Rector, Sir Maurice Shock, enjoyed a prior career in British intelligence, although there is little evidence to substantiate the college's reputation as a recruiting ground for spies.

Though in point of fact, Lincoln declined this request, his decision did little to prevent a number of Southern states from seceding, and America was soon embroiled in the Civil War.

The Lincoln County War accomplished little other than to foster distrust and animosity in the area.

The Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway passed through Saxilby to Lincoln a little later.

" Abraham Lincoln described his appearance in a famous anecdote: " A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping.

It was here in 1861 that Abraham Lincoln met a little girl named Grace Bedell, who, during the preceding year's Presidential campaign, urged Lincoln by letter to grow his beard out fully as an attempt to improve his chances at being elected.

Shortly after his nomination Mr. Lincoln had received from that place a letter from a little girl, who urged him, as a means of improving his personal appearance, to wear whiskers.

He does know a little about history, such as when in " Substitute Teacher ," an Abraham Lincoln parody was played, when the Lincoln actor ( Mr. Hollywood ) died from a sword strike, the Little Dog remarked, " I thought Lincoln was shot!

Tradition has it that Zachariah Chandler asked him directly if ' he plan on signing it or no ?’ and Lincoln replied, ‘ it was put before him with too little time to be signed in that way .’ On July 4, 1864, he pocket-vetoed the bill by refusing to sign it.

He was a master of administration, logistics, and the politics necessary at the top of the military hierarchy, but exerted little effective control over field operations from his post in Washington, D. C. President Abraham Lincoln once described him as " little more than a first rate clerk.

Lincoln hoped that Halleck could prod his subordinate generals into taking more coordinated, aggressive actions across all of the theaters of war, but he was quickly disappointed, and was quoted as regarding him as " little more than a first rate clerk.

Stamford is characterized by street after street of timber-framed and stone buildings ( using the local limestone that Lincoln Cathedral is built from ), little shops tucked down back alleys.

Later, when she visited President Lincoln, legend claims that he greeted her as " the little lady who made this big war ," meaning the Civil War, but there is no proof this happened.